The European Commission today publishes a proposal which would oblige online platforms to be more transparent with the companies offering their services on them. BEUC welcomes this initiative which – even though it targets the relationship between companies – should make e-commerce fairer for business and thus better for consumers.

The decision by the European Commission to hit Google with a record fine and force it to change its business practices is a landmark development towards more relevant search results for consumers.

Today, The European Consumer Organisation has applied to be an interested third party to the European Commission’s competition investigations into Google’s Android and the WhatsApp/Facebook merger cases.

The European Commission has wrapped-up its investigation into the EU’s e-commerce sector. Today’s findings identified business practices which may restrict the purchase and sale of goods and digital content within the Single Market – ultimately hampering consumer choice and inflating prices.