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Commission-approved monitor of AliExpress commitments
Ankura Consulting (Europe), Limited is the firm approved by the European Commission on 23 September 2025 to monitor AliExpress's binding commitments. Its position is that of an external monitoring trustee: it examines compliance and reports to the Commission under an arrangement the platform is required to fund.
The commitments require fees independent of monitoring results and impose independence conditions. Ankura may recommend corrective measures and promptly report a reasonably concluded failure, but cannot make AliExpress's business, product or technical decisions or exercise the Commission's investigative powers. The framework allows exchanges with the statutory auditor to reduce duplicate requests. Approval establishes the appointment, not the delivery of monitoring reports or payment of a known fee. The acquired record contains no executed remuneration schedule, delivered report or Commission acceptance of performance.
Ankura Consulting (Europe), Limited → AliExpress — service under examined proceedings
Trustee may recommend measures and promptly report reasonably concluded failure; cannot make product/business/technical decisions or exercise Commission investigative powers. Change notice is not prior approval; experimental changes excepted.
AliExpress — service under examined proceedings → Ankura Consulting (Europe), Limited
Provider proposes candidate/mandate and pays fees independent of results. No executed fee schedule, amount, invoice or payment acquired. Commission approval remains separate. Payment status: Obligation; actual paid amount unknown
Ankura Consulting (Europe), Limited → European Commission
C.9 prints impossible31November2027;recital16730November/C.12 two months.2026cycle not yet ended9September2026; no silent correction.
First cycle ends30September2025, first report due within2months; later cycles endSeptember2026/2027. Company copy may remove third-party confidential material. No actual receipt/report/response acquired.
AliExpress internal access QA/reporting → Ankura Consulting (Europe), Limited
Received/processed/approved/rejected metrics and feedback required; no actual report acquired. Recital174 ongoingQA expectation and AnnexD broader lapse wording remain unresolved.
European Commission → Ankura Consulting (Europe), Limited
Commission may reject/modify mandate and issue compliance instructions; replacement/discharge/hand-over governedC.7–8. No exercised instruction/replacement acquired.
AliExpress Article37 auditor — role → Ankura Consulting (Europe), Limited
Trustee may ask auditor and rely on/incorporate material; AliExpress takes reasonably required steps. A permitted route, not an actual request or transfer.
European Commission → Ankura Consulting (Europe), Limited
2025-09-23
Official notice records23September2025approval; no report delivery, performance approval or fee payment established.
Ankura Consulting (Europe), Limited → AliExpress Article37 auditor — role
C.14 provides auditor access at its request; no observed exchange or researcher/public disclosure follows.
AliExpress public-data access: binding duties and an appointed monitor ↗
AliExpress — service under examined proceedings → must fund the approved trustee on noncontingent terms → Ankura Consulting (Europe), Limited
Provider proposes candidate/mandate and pays fees independent of results. No executed fee schedule, amount, invoice or payment acquired. Commission approval remains separate.
Payment status: Obligation; actual paid amount unknown
European Commission → approved the named monitoring trustee → Ankura Consulting (Europe), Limited
2025-09-23
Official notice records23September2025approval; no report delivery, performance approval or fee payment established.
European Commission → approves mandate and may instruct or replace the trustee → Ankura Consulting (Europe), Limited
Commission may reject/modify mandate and issue compliance instructions; replacement/discharge/hand-over governedC.7–8. No exercised instruction/replacement acquired.
Ankura Consulting (Europe), Limited → must monitor and report without business decision powers → AliExpress — service under examined proceedings
Trustee may recommend measures and promptly report reasonably concluded failure; cannot make product/business/technical decisions or exercise Commission investigative powers. Change notice is not prior approval; experimental changes excepted.
AliExpress internal access QA/reporting → must send semiannual access counts tests and feedback → Ankura Consulting (Europe), Limited
Received/processed/approved/rejected metrics and feedback required; no actual report acquired. Recital174 ongoingQA expectation and AnnexD broader lapse wording remain unresolved.
Ankura Consulting (Europe), Limited → must submit monitoring reports and promptly flag concluded failure → European Commission
C.9 prints impossible31November2027;recital16730November/C.12 two months.2026cycle not yet ended9September2026; no silent correction.
First cycle ends30September2025, first report due within2months; later cycles endSeptember2026/2027. Company copy may remove third-party confidential material. No actual receipt/report/response acquired.
Ankura Consulting (Europe), Limited → must permit relevant trustee-document access on auditor request → AliExpress Article37 auditor — role
C.14 provides auditor access at its request; no observed exchange or researcher/public disclosure follows.
AliExpress Article37 auditor — role → may supply already collected evidence to reduce repeated requests → Ankura Consulting (Europe), Limited
Trustee may ask auditor and rely on/incorporate material; AliExpress takes reasonably required steps. A permitted route, not an actual request or transfer.