Overview
- On December 2, no Shein representative appeared before the National Assembly’s Sustainable Development Commission after repeated convocations.
- Commission president Sandrine Le Feur referred the refusal to the public prosecutor, a first for a permanent commission, exposing Shein to a potential €7,500 fine.
- Shein said it is awaiting the Paris judicial court’s decision on a state‑requested suspension and reiterated willingness to participate after the ruling.
- The government will ask the court this week to halt Shein’s French site for three months with any reopening under ARCOM oversight, though Paris prosecutors have cautioned such a block could be deemed disproportionate.
- The escalation follows late‑October findings of banned items on Shein’s French site, and the company has already been fined €191 million in France this year for other violations.