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Netherlands: Rotterdam District Court issued ruling upholding order against Apple over abuse of dominance in payment conditions for dating applications

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Rotterdam District Court issued ruling upholding order against Apple over abuse of dominance in payment conditions for dating applications

On 16 June 2025, the Rotterdam District Court upheld the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM)’s penalty against Apple for abusing its dominant position in the application (app) store market for dating apps by imposing unfair conditi…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: app stores
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court

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2019-04-11
under deliberation

On 11 April 2019, the Dutch Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) opened up an investigation into…

2021-06-22
under deliberation

On 22 June 2021, the Dutch Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) published a statement that its i…

2021-12-24
in force

On 24 December 2021, the Dutch Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) has held, as part of its inv…

2022-01-17
under deliberation

On 17 January 2022, the Dutch Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) announced that it was notifie…

2022-01-24
in force

The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has ruled that Apple has failed to meet the ACM…

2022-02-14
in force

On 14 February 2022, the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) announced another fine of …

2022-02-21
in force

On 21 February 2022, the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) imposed a fine of EUR 5 mi…

2022-03-28
in force

On 28 March 2022, the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) imposed a fine of EUR 5 milli…

2022-05-02
under investigation

On 2 May 2022, the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) rejected Apple's second proposal…

2022-06-11
concluded

On 11 June 2022, the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) announced that it reviewed the…

2023-10-02
in force

On 2 October 2023, the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) announced it had rejected th…

2025-06-16
in force

On 16 June 2025, the Rotterdam District Court upheld the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Ma…

2025-07-24
adopted

On 24 July 2025, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) deferred enforcing its o…