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Netherlands: Dutch ACM imposes tenth fine to Apple for non-compliance with requirements regarding dating-app providers and assesses proposal

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Dutch ACM imposes tenth fine to Apple for non-compliance with requirements regarding dating-app providers and assesses proposal

On 28 March 2022, the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) imposed a fine of EUR 5 million for the tenth time, in response to Apple's forthgoing non-compliance with requirements on dating-app providers and thereby reaching the maximum fin…

Scope

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

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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…