EU Commission fines AliExpress €550m over DSA breaches

At €550 million, one of the largest fines to date under the Digital Services Act (DSA); a signal on the due-diligence duties of large online marketplaces regarding illegal and unsafe products.

On 20 July 2026 the EU Commission found that AliExpress (Alibaba Group) had breached its DSA due-diligence duties by failing to adequately assess and mitigate the risks of disseminating illegal, unsafe or counterfeit products, and imposed a €550 million fine. The Commission ordered remedial measures, with periodic penalty payments in case of non-compliance. According to heise, this is the largest DSA fine to date (after earlier proceedings against X and Temu).