For some years now eBay is tied up in litigation with manufacturers of branded products in Europe. Two issues caused law suits in among other countries France, Germany and Austria:
1. marketers of premium products want to control online distribution of their products and
2. eBay refuses responsibility for trading of counterfeit products on its platform.
Now ebay calls its clients and users to participate in an online petition, see here: https://secure.ebaycampaigns.com/en/ to change European legislation.