European Union: Announced Commission investigation into Apple over qualification of iMessage as a core platform services under the Digital Markets Act

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Announced Commission investigation into Apple over qualification of iMessage as a core platform services under the Digital Markets Act

On 6 September 2023, the European Commission announced it had opened market investigations to assess Apple’s submission against the designation of its core platforms iMessage and iPadOS as gateway services under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The ma…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
messaging service provider
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority

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2023-09-06
under deliberation

On 6 September 2023, the European Commission announced it had opened market investigations to asses…

2024-02-12
concluded

On 12 February 2024, the European Commission concluded its market investigation and concluded that …

2024-04-22
under appeal

On 22 April 2024, Apple filed a case challenging the European Commission's decision to qualify iMes…