PARIS, May 13 (Reuters) - France's highest administrative court, the Conseil d'Etat, said on Wednesday it had rejected a challenge by Internet giant Amazon AMZN.O over minimum delivery fees on books.

The French government had introduced the minimum three euro ($3.5) fee in October 2023 to help local independent bookstores counter competition from Amazon, which had until then charged a euro cent on book deliveries in France. The French fee does not apply for purchases above 35 euros.

Amazon had argued that this French fee was protectionist and a breach of European Union law.

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