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Lawsuit against Google and Apple regarding app store practices

On 14 March 2018, the French competition authority initiated a lawsuit against Google and Apple for anti-competitive trade practices on their app stores. The main issue is the commission charged on app developers for revenues generated from apps that are made available on the Google Play store and App Store respectively.

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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

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2018-03-14
under deliberation

On 14 March 2018, the French competition authority initiated a lawsuit against Google and Apple for…

2022-03-28
in force

On 29 March 2022, the Commercial Court of Paris issued a fine of EUR 2 million to Google for abusiv…

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