Wish paid a 3 million euro fine and returned to the French market!

It is learned that according to foreign media reports, the US e-commerce platform Wish returned to the French market last Friday, one and a half years after being banned by the French government.

In November 2021, the French government ordered major search engines and app stores to remove Wish because the platform ignored consumer protection regulations and illegally sold unsafe goods. It also failed to recall the illegal products as required by the French General Directorate for Consumer Rights and Anti-Fraud (DGCCRF).

At the time, French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire also threatened Google and Apple with legal action if they did not remove Wish.

Wish has now returned to Google Search, the Google Play app store, and the French search engine Qwant. A Google spokesperson said: "We have received a notification from the DGCCRF that the ban on deleting Wish issued on November 23, 2021 has been lifted."

A member of the team of French Minister Olivia Grégoire, who oversees the DGCCRF’s work, said the DGCCRF’s decision to allow Wish to be relisted on search engines and app stores came “after more than a year of discussions with Wish concerning commitments it had made.”

"The Wish platform has established withdrawal and recall procedures and attributes recalled products to non-compliant and dangerous products (i.e. prohibited products that violate sales policies)," the French official explained. "The DGCCRF will pay close attention to whether Wish's promises can be fulfilled."

It is understood that Wish's parent company ContextLogic has been trying to overturn the DGCCRF's decision to remove the products from the shelves for several months, but has not been successful. Until last Friday, Wish was fined 3 million euros for misleading business practices.

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