The tech company was slapped with a €500 million fine by the Commission in April.
“And that’s not all, there is another ongoing case where, again, all options remain on the table,” Regnier stated.
He stated Apple had snubbed the Commission’s efforts to engage in positive talks to assist them comply with the DMA.
“Results of this positive engagement? After two months, Apple came back and questioned us to scrap everything,” he stated, adding: “We of course fully obtain companies want to deffinish their profits at all costs, but that’s not what the DMA is about.”
U.S. president Donald Trump has stated he will slap tariffs on countries with digital rules he deemed to be discriminatory to American companies.
The Trump administration and some of its tech allies have repeatedly attacked the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), a sister law to the DMA which regulates social media platforms, accapplying the bloc of censorship and claiming the law would impose costs on U.S. companies.
A spokesperson for Apple referred POLITICO to its statement published on Wednesday, which stated that the company wants “our applyrs in Europe to enjoy the same innovations at the same time as everyone else, and we’re fighting to build that possible — even when the DMA slows us down.”
“The DMA means the list of delayed features in the EU will probably obtain longer. And our EU applyrs’ experience on Apple products will fall further behind.”
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