Modest European fines on "Apple" and "Mita" to avoid tension with America

The European Union is expected to impose fines on the companies “Apple” and “Mita Platfarms” at the end of next week under the rules of Competition for Technology, while “Apple” faces an extra threat to repeated fines according to European “Digital Markets Law”. People who are familiar with the file suggested that the fines imposed on the two US companies are relatively modest compared to the previous monopoly penalty. This step is seen as an attempt by Brussels to impose his digital bases without supplementing tension with US President Donald Trump, which earlier warned against a hard reaction that includes the levy of heavy customs duties as the sanctions imposed on US technology companies are considered “incompatible”. Although European Union commander Theresa Ribera recently said the block “will not deteriorate” to face Silicon Valley companies for fear of any retaliation, Trump is expected to reveal a “mutual” package that may include the purpose of European technology regulations next week. Apple faces reputation risks, although the expected fines under the digital market law are unlikely to be high, but Apple is at greater risk at the reputation level. People who are familiar with the file, who asked not to reveal their identity because of the sensitivity of the case, explained that the fine could coincide with what is known as “periodic fines”, which are regularly imposed to encourage companies to comply with the law. The European Union Digital Markets Act allows the fines of up to 10% of the global annual income of any company that violates the rules and gives it the ability to impose repeated fines of up to 5% of the average daily income around the world. European organizational authorities have already used these kinds of repeated fines against “Apple”, in a long -term dispute with the Dutch Competition Authority on applications, which led to weekly fines that lasted a few months, and reached a total of 50 million euros. Apple is currently investigating an investigation under the European Digital Markets Act, on charges of preventing applications to provide external links that enable users to make purchases of alternative platforms. Last year, the company was fined 1.8 billion euros due to similar practices, but it was then limited to music broadcast applications, according to the European Union’s anti -monopoly laws. The fine of “Mita” due to “Instagram” and “Facebook”, “Meta”, is expected to tweet next week, against the background of the services of “Instagram” and “Advertising -Free” Facebook. The regulatory authorities suspect that “Mita” imposes conditions that oblige users to agree to integrate their personal data, which impose the law clear restrictions. In November, the company received a fine of 798 million euros by the European authorities due to linking the “Facebook Market Place” service and its social network, in the first penalty of its kind associated with violating European competition laws. The recent documents of the decision revealed that the organizers also studied the obligation of “Facebook” to completely separate the “Market Place” service from their social platform. There was no immediate response from “Apple” or “Dead” to the requests for comment, and the European Commission also refused to comment. Reuters previously said that the upcoming fines against the two companies would be limited. It is noteworthy that the Digital Markets Act, which contains a list of instructions and ban for companies that enjoy the status of the “Gate Guard”, is specifically designed to target what the European Union exploits by dominant technology companies. Over the past few years, the European Union has imposed excessive fines on a number of businesses, including more than $ 8 billion on Alphabet, which owns Google, and a separate order that obliges Apple to pay taxes due to Ireland worth 13 billion euros. He also obliged other companies such as “Amazon” and “Microsoft” to make adjustments to its platforms, including the commercial platform “Amazon” and the “Apple” Wireless Driving Slide, as well as opening an investigation into the application of “Microsoft” events.