EU countries agree to tax cheap packages from July – POLITICO

The flood of untaxed and often unsafe goods prompted the European Commission to propose a temporary solution for the packages under €150 a month ago. This “de minimis” rule allows exporters like Shein and Temu to send products directly to consumers, often bypassing scrutiny.

The EU has already received more packages in the first nine months of 2025 than in the entire previous year, when the counter hit 4.6 billion.

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure called it “a literal invasion of parcels in Europe last year,” which would have hit “7, 8, 9 billion in the coming years…