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FTI’s 2024/25 audit concluded positively on readiness, reported zero approvals and found the inspected applications incomplete or invalid. A later voluntary tracker provides a separate, unmatched account.
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The two groups are not linked by identity or time. Tracker 70-headline / 68-table and 61-homepage / 60-table public counts remain unresolved. Complete registration is not legal validity; accepted is not delivered.
FTI Consulting LLP —2024/25 audit firm → issued a positive40(12) readiness conclusion → FTI2024/25 Article40(12) audit opinion
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Auditor concludes intention/capability and no recommendation, supported by documents/attestations/interviews and substantive electronic-process tests. No fresh replication/workpaper audit.
FTI2024/25 Article40(12) audit opinion → reports zero approvals and all inspected applications incomplete or invalid → AliExpress2024/25 public-data applications — redacted audit cohort
Reported by the cited source
Request count redacted. FTI expressly says it inspected all applications against submitted information, not merely zero approvals. Public record establishes neither wrongful refusals nor delivered access.
DSA40 Data Access Collaboratory → collects voluntary application reports and publishes summaries → DSA40 voluntary application tracker —8September2026
2026-09-08
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Self-reporting/support mission, no complete population frame or public original-decision set. Tracker updated8September2026.
DSA40 voluntary application tracker —8September2026 → lists one AliExpress public-data entry as open → One tracked AliExpress public-data request — open
Reported by the cited source
No submission date, identity, original exchange or exactArticle40paragraph. It cannot be matched to GDI or confidential audit applications.