PARIS, Nov 14 (Reuters) - A French consumer watchdog

found that besides Chinese fast-fashion retailer Shein, five

other online platforms sold illicit products in France, a

spokesperson for Commerce Minister Serge Papin said on Friday.

The watchdog, called DGCCRF, said AliExpress and Joom

were selling child-like sex dolls, while weapons such as brass

knuckles and machetes were available on Wish, Temu and eBay ( EBAY ), the

spokesperson said, confirming an article by Le Parisien

newspaper.

DGCCRF found that Wish, Temu and U.S.-based Amazon ( AMZN ), the

largest e-commerce company by market value, failed to filter

underage shoppers from adult content, he said.

The spokesperson said Papin referred the platforms to public

prosecutors and would invite the European Union's commerce

ministers to Paris to discuss this issue.

Amazon ( AMZN ), Temu, eBay ( EBAY ), AliExpress and Joom did not immediately

respond to emails seeking comment.

The broad French crackdown on large foreign e-commerce

leaders is an attempt to protect local retailers who feel

threatened by unfair competition from cheaper and

better-marketed products on their own turf.

Papin used to lead supermarket chain Super U.

Similar EU initiatives include the decision on Thursday to

bring forward by one year the customs duties on low-value

parcels arriving in the bloc to crack down on cheap Chinese

e-commerce imports.

Earlier this month, the French consumer watchdog sparked outrage

against Shein when it said it had spotted child-like sex dolls,

weapons such as machetes and knives, and other illicit products

on the Chinese-owned marketplace.

A public prosecutor then opened an investigation into Shein as

well as Temu, AliExpress and Wish for different potential

breaches of rules.

Following the furore over Shein's marketplace, the French

government started the process to block the platform in the

country, with Finance Minister Roland Lescure threatening to

entirely suspend the website in France if banned products

continue to be found for sale.

A week ago, after acknowledging Shein had withdrawn all illicit

products from its website, the government suspended the process

to block Shein and said it was looking into other platforms it

did not identify.