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Originally Posted by karunaji
You are trying to apply a Federal law to the EU and that's simply wrong. Please, try not to see the world as the US extension only. The EU doesn't care about US law about substantial presence. The issue is much simpler, if a foreign seller wants to sell things to another country, it has to comply with certain things, otherwise its imports will be banned.
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Not trying to apply any federal law.
Amazon exists in the EU, and thus it has to follow the law in the EU, because the EU has a nexus of jurisdiction over it. Nothing to do with US Law.
Amazon US and Amazon EU are both Amazon, Inc, and it must comply with the law regardless of which site someone is buying from. Since it has a presence under the authority of EU Law, it must collect the required taxes and fees as dictated by the law.