AGCM: investigation against Apple for alleged abuse of a dominant position in the app market

On 11 May 2023, the Italian Competition Authority (“Autorità Garante della concorrenza e del mercato” “AGCM”) announced the launch of an investigation into Apple Inc., Apple Distribution International Ltd and Apple Italia S.r.l. (collectively, “Apple”), to ascertain the existence of an alleged abuse of a dominant position in the app market for users of the iOS operating system (the AGCM’s investigation order is available here in Italian language).

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