Amazon fined 4 million euros in France over competition issues: report

Online retail giant Amazon was fined 4 million euros ($4.5 million) by the Paris commercial court on Monday for introducing abusive clauses in its contracts with third-party vendors, French website Nextinpact reported. [caption id=“attachment_6932031” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Amazon logo. Image: Reuters.[/caption] The decision by the Paris commercial court was not immediately available. Neither Amazon France, nor the French anti-consumer fraud office at the finance ministry, which had taken the matter to court, returned requests for comments.