Apple is moving from the European Union’s Antitrest Watchdog to another charge sheet, until it quickly heals the alleged violation of a new digital law, which led to a fine of EUR 500 million ($ 579 million) earlier this year.
With a clock on a time limit on 26 June, the authorities are designed to hand over an ultimatum to the iPhone manufacturer to allow developers to inform customers of cheap deals. app StoreAccording to the people familiar with the case, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
If it becomes unheard, it will pave the way for a new fine under the step block. Digital market actWhich may be higher as five percent of the average daily revenue worldwide per day of non-transportation. People said that Apple If it manages to please the Commission’s fears with an adjacent proposal, it can overcome future growth that is sufficient to fix alleged violations.
Apple was fined on 23 April – the same day Meta platform The € 200 million (about Rs 1,993 crore) was slapped with penalty for its “salary or consent” advertising service on Instagram and Facebook. Both American tech giants were judged to violate strict DMA rules that complete a series of dos and dons for the world’s largest technology firms.
A spokesman for Apple said that the European Union regulatory DMAs change the goalposts for compliance, making it impossible to follow their steering decision. The firm said that it is spending hundreds of thousands of hours working to follow the ever-altitude regulation of the block.
A European Commission spokesman said it would not speculate on the next stages, while Apple still has time to submit a proposal. It states that regulators have sufficient regulatory powers at their disposal if the apple continues in violation of its obligations under DMA.
Apple’s April fines on heels, Cupertino, California -based firm forced the block regulators to discriminate against the company and give it their technology for free. Just last year, the company was killed with an EUR 1.8 billion (About Rs 17,942 crore) The European Union is fine for closing the music-streaming rivals on the iPhone.
In recent years, the European Union has given expensive punishment against firms, including a fine of over $ 8 billion. Alphabet‘S Google And a separate order for Apple to pay taxes of 13 billion Eur (about Rs 1,29,595 crore) to Ireland of Ireland.
Under the rules of its misconduct, it has also forced changes Amazon.com‘S Marketplace platform and Apple tap-end-go chip, while also investigation Microsoft corp. Video conference software, teams.
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