EU Commission accepts Temu's plan to fix Digital Services Act breach
The European Commission has accepted Temu's action plan to comply with the Digital Services Act (DSA) and tackle the availability of illegal products on its platform. The plan follows a May 2026 non-compliance decision that came with a €200 million fine.
- The European Commission has accepted Temu's action plan to remedy its breach of the Digital Services Act.
- The plan has five measures, including a platform-specific risk analysis and a review of how recommender systems may amplify illegal goods.
- Temu has four months to conduct an interim risk assessment covering a six-month period until 30 November 2026.
- The plan follows a May 2026 non-compliance decision and a €200 million fine for failing risk assessment obligations.
What the action plan covers
According to the Commission, Temu's plan focuses on five measures to remedy its breach of the DSA. The company will carry out a platform-specific risk analysis. It will also use reliable metrics to evaluate how effective its mitigation measures are at reducing the risk of illegal content being disseminated.
The remaining measures concern how the platform works in practice:
- Temu will assess the limitations of its content moderation.
- It will analyse whether, and how, its recommender systems may amplify the spread of illegal goods.
- It will examine the influence of intentional manipulation and amplification of illegal items, including by sellers exploiting Temu's features to spread potentially illegal listings.
Deadline and background
Temu now has four months to conduct an interim risk assessment. This assessment covers a six-month period, until 30 November 2026, and is meant to ensure that the measures in the action plan are implemented.
The plan was submitted after the Commission's non-compliance decision in May 2026. In that decision, the Commission found that Temu had failed to comply with its risk assessment obligations and issued a €200 million fine. The action plan is therefore the company's route to correcting the breach, rather than a voluntary initiative.
What it means for consumers and the market
The Commission describes the action plan as "another example of how the DSA is enhancing consumer protection online and limiting the spread of illegal products in Europe." The acceptance does not close the matter: the interim risk assessment is the next checkpoint for showing that the measures are being put into practice.
Temu is among the platforms supervised under the DSA's rules for very large online platforms and search engines, according to the Commission's page. For shoppers in the EU, the measures are aimed at reducing the chance that illegal products are listed, recommended or promoted. The source does not set out further penalties or timelines beyond the interim assessment.
Európai Bizottság: Commission accepts Temu's action plan to remedy the breach of the Digital Services Act
