Yes, that's very true sadly, it hasn't really caught up to consumers doing international shopping over regulatory borders. My interpretation would be if the sh

Yes, that's very true sadly, it hasn't really caught up to consumers doing international shopping over regulatory borders. My interpretation would be if the shop does not have a European presence you are the importer. Though, I guess if the problem with non-conforming products would become big enough a more extensive declaration of conformity would be needed and actually checked going through customs. For us in Sweden Aliexpress and similar basically died when the postal service started enforcing the customs checks in regards to value and VAT with a fee of $8 plus the VAT per package.