The European Parliament wants to reduce the administrative burden on SMEs in regards to waste legislation. It wants to exempt small companies from the obligation of appointing a representative for waste legislation compliance in each EU-member state where they sell products.

German SMEs generated more than 20 billion euros in sales through Amazon last year. Of this amount, 5.9 billion euros came from cross-border sales, according to the company. France, Austria, Italy, the United States and Spain were the main export markets.

Polish online marketplace Allegro is opening up its platform to consumers in Ukraine. It is not launching a local marketplace in the country. Instead, products can be ordered and shipped through the Polish website.

The government of the United Kingdom wants to make marketplaces responsible for collecting VAT on sales by larger domestic sellers. The proposed measure could raise up to 1 billion pounds a year for the Treasury, with the additional revenue intended to fund tax cuts for high street businesses.

The 100 biggest marketplaces that are active in Europe are expected to generate a gross merchandise volume (GMV) of 175.8 billion euros. And 79.5 percent of that is generated by cross-border sales.  The cross-border market share is expected to increase.