Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) will appeal a recent Italian court decision that reduced—but did not annul—a record antitrust fine, according to reports from Italian daily MF on Wednesday.
The e-commerce giant maintains that it should not be charged at all, escalating a multi-year legal battle over its logistics practices in Europe.
On Monday, Italy’s antitrust regulator, the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), announced it had recalculated and lowered the penalty to 752.4 million euros ($876.3 million).
This follows an original 1.13 billion-euro fine imposed in 2021, which accused Amazon of leveraging its dominant market position to favor third-party sellers who used its "Fulfillment by Amazon" (FBA) service.
The reduction was a direct result of a regional administrative court ruling from September 2025, which upheld the core findings of the investigation but ordered the regulator to remove a discretionary 50% surcharge from the total.
The legal tug-of-war is set to continue on both sides. While Amazon is seeking a total dismissal of the charges, the AGCM also plans to appeal the court’s decision to reduce the fine, aiming to reinstate the original billion-euro penalty.
"The proposed fine and remedies remain unjustified and disproportionate," an Amazon spokesperson previously stated, noting that more than half of its annual sales in Italy come from small and medium-sized businesses that choose from a variety of logistics options.
The case remains a bellwether for European antitrust enforcement under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), as regulators shift toward aggressive monitoring of "gatekeeper" platforms to ensure fair competition for independent fulfillment and delivery providers.