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(AMZN.O) has appealed to France's highest administrative court to overturn part of a law seeking to charge a minimum 3-euro ($3.3) delivery fee for books purchased online, it said on Tuesday...
Amazon France said the clause in the law, which stipulates that books ordered online for a value of less than 35 euros must have a minimum 3-euro delivery fee, went against the general interest of French consumers at a time of concern over rising costs...
The law is due to come into effect in October and represents an increase to Amazon's previous charge of a single euro cent on book deliveries in France...
"This measure will deal a severe blow to the budgets of French people and will limit their access to books at a time when consumers' purchasing power is one of their main worries," said Amazon France Chief Executive Frederic Duval...
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