US EditionParis Court Rules Against Suspension of Shein After Doll Controversy
The court deemed a three-month suspension disproportionate due to sporadic violations; Shein must enforce age checks on sexual products and has stopped selling sex dolls globally.
- On Friday, a Paris court rejected the state's request to suspend Shein in France, calling a three-month ban "disproportionate" because problematic listings were sporadic and removed.
- In November, French authorities requested a ban after France's consumer watchdog found weapons, banned medications, and childlike sex dolls sold by third‑party sellers on Shein's marketplace.
- Shein has disabled its marketplace in France since 5 November and a spokesperson said the platform will not reopen right away, while the company's lawyers confirmed the adults-only sexual category remains closed and sex doll sales stopped worldwide.
- The court ordered Shein to implement age checks for sexual products that could be considered pornographic, set a $11,700 fine per breach, and French prosecutors opened a criminal probe assigned to the Office for the Protection of Minors.
- Facing broader scrutiny, Shein was fined €191 million three times in 2025 while European Union finance ministers agreed earlier this month on a €3 flat duty for low‑value imports from July 2026.
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The judicial court in Paris rejected the request for the temporary suspension of the platform. The government announced that it would appeal this decision.
The business should therefore resume, at full speed, on the Shein platform. A spokesman for the Asian giant of e-commerce in France hastened, at the beginning of the afternoon this Friday, to "acquire the decision" of the judicial court of Paris.The court rejected the claims of the state, which essentially demanded the provisional blocking of the site, for a period of three months, or failing to maintain the suspension of its marketplace (or mar…
A Paris court on Friday rejected a request by the French government to suspend Chinese online retailer Shein's operations in France for three months, but ordered the company to implement age verification when selling adult products, Reuters reports.
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