Edited remarks from David Zapolsky, General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Global Public Policy, at the Annual Conference of the European Commission Legal Service in Brussels, Belgium.
Amazon in the EU
Amazon has been active in the EU since 1998 when we launched our store in Germany. I joined Amazon shortly after that in 1999. Back then our activities were principally national, with Amazon selling to German customers through our German store.
Even then, we saw potential to build a business on top of a stable European Single Market that would enable us to offer products and services for customers, suppliers, and small businesses…
