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"We
are examining in both proceedings whether and how Amazon impedes
the business opportunities of sellers that are active on the
Amazon marketplace and compete with Amazon’s own retail
business," Federal Cartel Office President Andreas Mundt said in
a statement.
Changes to Germany's antitrust laws for digital corporations,
which came into effect last year, give the cartel office more
power in identifying and prohibiting some companies' dominant
positions.
According to the cartel office, Amazon operates the most
important marketplace in e-commerce, giving it a key position in
that area that allows it to set the rules for competition on its
platform.
"Our new competencies, which are precisely intended to restrict
such power to set rules, allow us to intervene more efficiently
against Amazon’s anti-competitive practices," Mundt said.
(Reporting by Maria Sheahan, editing by Rachel More)
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