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The Apple Music Streaming Decision - a first deep dive
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23 May 2024
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| Time: |
19:00 - 20:30 (CET)
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| Speaker(s): |
Paloma Lantero Madiedo
Case Handler Officer
DG COMP
European Commission
Ángela Dovalo Martín
Case Handler Officer
DG COMP
European Commission
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| Location: |
In-person / by webinar
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| CPD: |
Accredited for 1.5 hours CPD (UK SRA)
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| Registration: |
Closes at 12PM (CET) on 23 May
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On o4 March, the European Commission fined
Apple €1.84 billion for abusing its dominant position on the market for the
distribution of music streaming apps to iPhone and iPad users through its App
Store.
A provisional non-confidential version of the Decision was published on 07 May.
According to the
Commission, Apple’s anti-steering provisions amount to unfair trading
conditions, in breach of the rarely used Article 102(a)
TFEU as they restrict music streaming app developers’ ability to inform and
link users to cheaper offers outside the app.
The 200+ pages
Decision raises a number of interesting applications of the EU antitrust rules
with potentially wider effects than just the affected market players.
This ‘deep dive’
discussion features the first detailed analysis of the Decision including:
· The legal test (i.e. exploitative abuse); · Market definition (incl. lock-in and ecosystems issues); · The theory(ies) of harm; · Steering; · The fine (incl. the deterrence component(s)); and · The remedy (incl. the interplay with DMA obligations). Join us for the first in-person
/ webinar 'Chatham House' rule discussion
with Paloma Lantero Madiedo and Ángela Dovalo Martín
shedding light on the Decision’s implications for the synergies between ex-post and ex-ante antitrust enforcement at EU and national levels. List of participants (updated 09 May)
Apple App Store Practices (music streaming) CASE AT.40437 (04.03.24) Apple - App Store music streaming Decision press release (04.03.24)
Executive Vice-President Vestager's remarks on the Decision (04.03.24)
2006 Fines Guidelines (OJEU C 210,
1.9.2006, p. 2-5)
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