Google, Amazon, And Airbnb Win The Fight Against Italian Rules At The European High Court

Google, Alphabet's subsidiary, and Amazon, won the lawsuit in Italy (photo: x @CCCEUofficial)

JAKARTA - Google, Alphabet's subsidiary, as well as Amazon, and Airbnb received support from the European high court on Thursday 30 May in their fight against Italian rules that required them to provide information about themselves.

The dispute between these companies and Italian authorities centers on the provisions adopted in 2020 and 2021 that ordered online service providers operating in Italy to register and send various types of information, as well as pay financial contributions or risk of being fined.

The companies have challenged these requirements, saying that it goes against EU legislation which states that online service providers are only subject to state rules in which they were founded, while countries where they provide services must refrain from implementing their laws.

"The law of member states cannot place additional obligations on online service providers established in other member countries," said a judge at the Luxembourg-based European Union Court of Justice (CJEU).

"Italy tidak dapat memberlakukan kewajiban tambahan pada penyedia layanan tersebut yang didirikan di negara anggota lain yang, meskipun diperlukan untuk penyediaan layanan tersebut di negara itu, tidak dilakukan di negara anggota mereka," kata mereka.

Both Google and Airbnb have their European headquarters in Ireland and Amazon in Luxembourg. The provider of the US online travel service, Expedia, based in Spain, also objected to these requirements.