It is the first two cases to solve Brussels with sanction under the new legislation designed to prevent abuse of large technological.
The European Commission has announced a fine of 500 million euros for Apple and another 200 million euros for the finish line for their respective breaches of the new European digital markets legislation (DMA), in which they are the first two cases to resolve Brussels with sanction under the new legislation designed for Avoid abuse of great technology.
“Apple and Goal have violated the DMA by implementing measures that strengthen the dependence on the companies and consumers of their platforms. As a result, we have taken strong but balanced measures to maintain the law against both companies, on the basis of clear and predictable rules,” said the vice president of the community leader for a clean, estate, Tera’s grounds -Rbera.
Brussels started the respective files last year to investigate the limitations that Apple imposed on the developers of their App Store, who cannot inform users about alternatives outside the platform, and the “wage or permission” model that Target introduced to their services.
The new rules of the trade union would enable community services to reach fines up to 10% of the business volume of the companies, although community sources indicate that they have influenced factors in the calculation that “limit” the sanction, for example, that the DMA has hardly been in force for a year, which has a short period of non -complexity.
With the report of De Standaard, a period of 60 days opens so that the companies meet and, in the case of not doing, Brussels can take new steps to impose extra fines.
Source: EITB
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