The European Commission fine to Apple and Meta with 500 and 200 million euros. They are condemned to make changes, want or not

The European Commission has imposed a fine to Apple and goal worth 500 and 200 million eurosrespectively. According to the authority, both companies have breached the Digital Markets Law (DMA). Both amounts reflect both the severity and the duration of the breach of the law. Apple’s case. The European Commission has determined that the company has breached its obligation not to prevent the redirection of users towards offers and purchases outside App Store. Determining a amount of 500 million euros for its sanction. All developers who distribute their apps through this store must be able to inform users about alternative offers outside it. Due to restrictions imposed by Apple, according to the commission, developers cannot benefit from the advantages offered by alternative distribution channels to App Store. Also, consumers cannot access different offers outside those offered in the store itself. The goal case. For the Zuckerberg platform, Europe determines that the obligation to offer consumers the option of using advertising service that uses less personal data is breached. Specifically, it refers to the model of ‘Consent or pay’ introduced in 2023and that was already declared illegal since its launch. The changes. The Commission has ordered Apple to eliminate technical and commercial restrictions on redirection, warning that it must refrain from continuing with similar behaviors in the future. It has a period of 60 days to apply changes, or will face periodic sanctions. “If a user rejects this consent, he must have access to a less personalized but equivalent alternative.” European Commission in 2024 Similar is the case of Facebook, who has forced its users to pay to avoid the assignment of their data. In July 2024, the European Commission warned about a possible millionaire fine in case of not offering alternatives. Fine. In March 2024, The EU was appropriate to Apple with 1,800 euros (almost 0.5% of its annual income) after the demand of Spotify. The reason was quite similar to that of the current sanction: “abusing its dominant position in the music distribution market for music streaming to iPhone and Ipad users through their App Store.” Just three days ago, France (the Authorité de la Concurrence) I fined 150 million euros for abuse of dominant position between 2021 and 2023 in the advertising segment in mobile applications. Meta is not something new either. In November The European Commission fined almost 800 million euros for violating the antimonopoolio standards of the European Union with its Facebook Marketplace service. A year earlier, he received a fine of 1,200 million euros for not complying with the General Data Protection Regulation. Image | Xataka and Meta In Xataka | Meta has a very long history by replicating rival applications to become gold. Edits is the most recent case

He has also sued the European Commission for tariffs, according to Politico

Elon Musk star in a confrontation with the European Commission (CE). On this occasion, the conflict does not revolve around alleged breach of the Digital Services Law (DSA) with Xbut the focus is on tariffs affecting the electric car. Political points out that Tesla has filed a lawsuit against the executive arm of the community block before the Court of Justice of the European Union (TJUE). The automotive company adds, in this way, to the legal actions initiated by the Chinese giants Byd, Saic and Geely against the commission. The American renowned explains that the demands aim to leave without effect Compensation rights, that entered into force in October last year. If the ruling is favorable for the plaintiffs, they could initiate a loss claim. Tesla’s case against the EU It should be noted that Tesla has not made comments about it. The information comes from two sources from the demanding sector, which have preferred to remain anonymous. Politic adds that the commission has approximately two months to prepare your strategy of defense against the multiple cases presented in Luxembourg in recent months. Although there have been no reactions on the demand for Tesla, the Commission has issued public comments regarding the demand of Chinese manufacturers. Olof Gill, spokesman for Economic Security, Commerce and Financial Services, said they were prepared to respond to attempts to challenge the courts, making it clear that they have no intention of yielding to the pressures. As we have indicated above, the good course of the case could allow the plaintiffs to request compensation for the money paid in compensatory rights. Now, Tesla has been The least affected manufacturer. The American company has production plants in different parts of the world, although Model 3 that are marketed in the European market come from the Shanghai gigafactoría. MG4 Electric Tesla, who actively collaborated in the anti -subvent research of the community block, received a 7.8%”tariff”, the lowest among all manufacturers. Byd’s was 17%, Geely’s of 18.8%and SAIC’s reached 35.3%. In all cases, these compensatory rights are added to the 10% rate that the EU already applies to the importation of vehicles, a lien that has been in force. Unlike Tesla, which has the Berlin gigafactoría To manufacture the Model and And batteries, Byd still has no factories in Europe, although it is already planned to open one in Hungary. For its part, Saic, that Markets MG cars like him MG4 ElectricNor produces vehicles inside the EU. Instead, Geely, who acquired Volvo in 2010, does have production lines in Sweden and Belgium. Manufacturers that produce electric vehicles inside the EU can dodge tariffs. However, as we have pointed out, none of the Chinese companies affected by this anti -subvention measure manufactures vehicles in European territory. Now it’s time to wait to see what effect the demands will have. They may not achieve an absolute victory, but they could negotiate better tariff conditions. Images | Alexey Larionov | Tesla In Xataka | The Renault 5 has entered as a sales missile in France but something very simple has stopped it: a bug that prevents moving the car

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