10:44 AM EDT, 05/13/2026 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with statement from France's Council of State in first and second paragraph and Amazon's response in the third paragraph.)

Amazon's (AMZN) legal challenge over the minimum delivery charge of 3 euro ($3.5) on book orders under 35 euros was rejected by France's Council of State, the administrative court said on Wednesday.

The Council of State ruled that the minimum delivery charge, as set by the French government in 2023, does not violate the free movement of goods guaranteed by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, according to a Google translation.

An Amazon spokesperson told MT Newswires in an emailed response that the court's decision was "disappointing,"and that this measure has cost readers over 100 million euros, driven the French further away from books, and has strengthened large retail chains rather than independent booksellers.

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