{"id":152444,"date":"2024-06-26T03:00:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T01:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=152444"},"modified":"2024-06-25T13:38:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T11:38:13","slug":"commission-sends-preliminary-findings-to-apple-and-opens-additional-non-compliance-investigation-against-apple-under-the-digital-markets-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/commission-sends-preliminary-findings-to-apple-and-opens-additional-non-compliance-investigation-against-apple-under-the-digital-markets-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Commission sends preliminary findings to Apple and opens additional non-compliance investigation against Apple under the Digital Markets Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"inline-nav-1\">\n<div class=\"ecl-paragraph-detail\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The European Commission has informed <strong>Apple<\/strong>\u00a0of its preliminary view\u00a0<a name=\"_Hlk169259652\"><\/a>that its App Store rules are in breach of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), as they prevent app developers from freely steering consumers to alternative channels for offers and content.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/james-yarema-G3q7mxXkP-M-unsplash-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-149695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/james-yarema-G3q7mxXkP-M-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Store\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/james-yarema-G3q7mxXkP-M-unsplash-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/james-yarema-G3q7mxXkP-M-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/james-yarema-G3q7mxXkP-M-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/james-yarema-G3q7mxXkP-M-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/james-yarema-G3q7mxXkP-M-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/james-yarema-G3q7mxXkP-M-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition, the Commission opened a new non-compliance procedure against\u00a0<strong>Apple<\/strong>\u00a0over concerns that its new contractual requirements for third-party app developers and app stores, including Apple&#8217;s new \u201cCore Technology Fee\u201d, fall short of ensuring effective compliance with Apple&#8217;s obligations under the DMA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Preliminary findings on Apple&#8217;s steering rules for the App Store<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under the DMA, developers distributing their apps via Apple&#8217;s App Store should be able, free of charge, to inform their customers of alternative cheaper purchasing possibilities, steer them to those offers and allow them to make purchases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apple currently has\u00a0<strong>three sets of business terms<\/strong>\u00a0governing its relationship with app developers, including the App Store&#8217;s steering rules. The Commission preliminarily finds that:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>None of these business terms allow developers to freely steer their customers<\/strong>. For example, developers cannot provide pricing information within the app or communicate in any other way with their customers to promote offers available on alternative distribution channels.<\/li>\n<li>Under most of the business terms available to app developers, Apple\u00a0<strong>allows steering only through \u201clink-outs\u201d<\/strong>, i.e., app developers can include a link in their app that redirects the customer to a web page where the customer can conclude a contract. The link-out process is subject to several restrictions imposed by Apple that prevent app developers from communicating, promoting offers and concluding contracts through the distribution channel of their choice.<\/li>\n<li>Whilst Apple can receive a fee for facilitating via the AppStore the initial acquisition of a new customer by developers, the\u00a0<strong>fees charged by Apple go beyond what is strictly necessary<\/strong>\u00a0for such remuneration. For example, Apple charges developers a fee for every purchase of digital goods or services a user makes within seven days after a link-out from the app.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By sending preliminary findings, the Commission informs Apple of its preliminary view that the company is in breach of the DMA. This is without prejudice to the outcome of the investigation as Apple now has the possibility to exercise its rights of defence by examining the documents in the Commission&#8217;s investigation file and replying in writing to the Commission&#8217;s preliminary findings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If the Commission&#8217;s preliminary views were to be ultimately confirmed, none of Apple&#8217;s three sets of business terms would comply with Article 5(4) of the DMA, which requires gatekeepers to allow app developers to steer consumers to offers outside the gatekeepers&#8217; app stores, free of charge. The Commission would then\u00a0<strong>adopt a non-compliance decision<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>within 12 months<\/strong>\u00a0from the opening of proceedings on 25 March 2024.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<table style=\"width: 99.9988%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: double; border-color: #001f7d;\" cellpadding=\"0,5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/commission-fines-apple-over-e1-8-billion-over-abusive-app-store-rules-for-music-streaming-providers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/james-yarema-G3q7mxXkP-M-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/commission-fines-apple-over-e1-8-billion-over-abusive-app-store-rules-for-music-streaming-providers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Commission fines Apple over \u20ac1.8 billion over abusive App store rules for music streaming providers<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>New non-compliance investigation into Apple&#8217;s contract terms<\/strong><\/p>\n<section id=\"inline-nav-1\">\n<div class=\"ecl-paragraph-detail\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, the Commission has also opened a third non-compliance investigation into Apple&#8217;s new contractual terms for developers as a condition to access some of the new features enabled by the DMA, notably the provision of alternative app stores or the possibility to offer an app via an alternative distribution channel. Apple has so far kept the option to subscribe to the previous conditions, which do not allow alternative distribution channels at all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Commission will investigate whether these new contractual requirements for third-party app developers and app stores breach Article 6(4) of the DMA and notably the necessity and proportionality requirements provided therein. This includes:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Apple&#8217;s Core Technology Fee<\/strong>, under which developers of third-party app stores and third-party apps must pay a \u20ac0.50 fee per installed app. The Commission will investigate whether Apple has demonstrated that the fee structure that it has imposed, as part of the new business terms, and in particular the Core Technology Fee, effectively complies with the DMA.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Apple&#8217;s multi-step user journey<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>to download and install alternative app stores or apps on iPhones<\/strong>. The Commission will investigate whether the steps that a user has to undertake to successfully complete the download and installation of alternative app stores or apps, as well as the various information screens displayed by Apple to the user, comply with the DMA.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>eligibility requirements<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>for developers\u00a0<\/strong>related to the ability to offer alternative app stores or directly distribute apps from the web on iPhones. The Commission will investigate whether these requirements, such as the \u2018membership of good standing&#8217; in the Apple Developer Program, that app developers have to meet in order to be able to benefit from alternative distribution provided for in the DMA comply with the DMA.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In parallel, the Commission will continue undertaking preliminary investigative steps outside of the scope of the present investigation, in particular with respect to the checks and reviews put in place by Apple to validate apps and alternative app stores to be sideloaded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_23_4328\">six gatekeepers designated<\/a>\u00a0by the Commission on 6 September 2023, had to fully comply with all DMA obligations by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_24_1342\">7 March 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_24_1689\">25 March 2024<\/a>, the Commission opened non-compliance investigations into Alphabet&#8217;s rules on steering in Google Play and self-preferencing on Google Search, Apple&#8217;s rules on steering in the App Store and the choice screen for Safari, and Meta&#8217;s \u201cpay or consent model\u201d. The Commission announced additional investigatory steps to gather facts and information in relation to Amazon&#8217;s self-preferencing and Apple&#8217;s alternative app distribution and new business model.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_24_2363\">29 April 2024<\/a>, the Commission designated Apple with respect to its iPadOS, its operating system for tablets, as a gatekeeper under the DMA. On\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_24_2561\">13 May 2024<\/a>, the Commission also designated Booking as a gatekeeper under the DMA, for its online intermediation service Booking.com. In total, 24 core platform services provided by all gatekeepers have been designated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In case of an infringement, the Commission can impose fines up to 10% of the gatekeeper&#8217;s total worldwide turnover. Such fines can go up to 20% in case of repeated infringements. Moreover, in case of systematic infringements, the Commission is also empowered to adopt additional remedies such as obliging a gatekeeper to sell a business or parts of it, or banning the gatekeeper from acquisitions of additional services related to the systemic non-compliance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"inline-nav-7\" class=\"ecpr-section\"><\/section>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/es\/ip_24_3433\">European Commission<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission has informed Apple\u00a0of its preliminary view\u00a0that its App Store rules are in breach of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), as they prevent app developers from freely steering consumers to alternative channels for offers and content. 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