This week on the platforms
Marketplace recap
bol.com
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On 3 August 2026 the Dutch competition authority (ACM) published a draft decision to make bol's commitments legally binding: bol will stop showing its own offers more prominently than third-party sellers', change how the buy box (koopblok) works, and limit how it uses and shares seller data. The draft is open for reaction until 13 September 2026.
Source: Bol doet toezeggingen aan ACM die consumenten en verkopers meer beschermen — ACM · 3 August 2026 -
Under the same ACM settlement, bol will make extra data and analytics available to sales partners, let partners join Select Deals on the same conditions as bol, speed up complaint handling and clarify how sellers can object to decisions that affect them.
Source: Bol gaat verkooppartners meer data en analyse bieden — RetailDetail · 3 August 2026
Wider events that matter
The bigger picture
EU packaging regulation (PPWR) starts applying 12 August 2026
Source: Commission guidance on Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) — C(2026) 3702, EUR-Lex · 5 June 2026What happened
Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) becomes applicable across all 27 EU member states on 12 August 2026, replacing the 1994 Packaging Directive with directly applicable, harmonised rules on packaging design, minimisation, labelling and producer responsibility. The Commission's guidance confirms food-contact packaging above the PFAS limits cannot be placed on the EU market from that date, with no stock-exhaustion period.
Why it matters
Any packaged goods placed on the EU market from 12 August 2026 must comply, with no sell-through grace period, so packaging must be audited now for materials, PFAS in food-contact packs and over-packaging/void space. Under Article 45 online platforms must verify packaging producer registration, so a packaging EPR number has to be on file in Seller Central for every EU country a seller distributes to before 12 August 2026 or listings risk deactivation.