17-03-2020 12:22 via chargedretail.co.uk

CHARGED: French regular hands Apple £1bn fine for anti-competitive behaviour

The French Competition Authority on Monday announced it will fine Apple EUR 1.1 billion (GBP 1 billion) over restrictions it placed in contracts with wholesalers.
In the biggest antitrust fine the French authority has ever levied, the watchdog alleged that Apple and two of its wholesalers, Tech Data and Ingram Micro, “agreed not to compete with each other”:
“Apple and its two wholesalers agreed not to compete with each other and to prevent distributors from competing with each
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