Dutch competitors regulator rejects Apple’s objections in opposition to fines

Dutch competitors watchdog ACM on Monday mentioned it had rejected objections by Apple in opposition to fines of 50 million euros ($52.9 million) it had given the corporate over failure to adjust to rules geared toward limiting the dominant place of Apple’s App Retailer.

The ACM mentioned Apple had by now complied with most of its calls for to open its App Retailer to various types of fee for relationship apps within the Netherlands, however had not met an undisclosed third factor of the situations associated to the fines.

The ACM in 2021 dominated that Apple violated Dutch competitors legal guidelines within the relationship app market and required Apple to permit builders of relationship apps to make use of third-party fee processors.
It fined Apple 5 million euros per week, to a most of 50 million euros, for the time it did not adjust to these orders.

Apple has objected to those fines, saying that the regulator had incorrectly outlined related markets and had overestimated the dominance of its place within the relationship app market and the extent to which it might need abused this place.

The regulator rejected all of Apple’s objections in a choice on July 13, 2023, which was revealed on Monday.

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