French marktwaakhond falls within at Apple

The French concurrentiewaakhond is invaded by Apple. To which the marktwaakhond exactly doing research at Apple is not officially known, but it may examine the authorities or Apple with its own shops the competition website.

A spokesman of the French concurrentiewaakhond confirms opposite PCWorld that raids have taken place, after local media about the raids had written. The spokesman would not specify what the exact reason for the raids was, already indicates the involvement of the concurrentiewaakhond that it is going to be an investigation into concurrentiebelemmering.

Last year complained Apple reseller, eBizcuss, Apple, because that company misuse would have made his dominant position in the market, but before the matter before the court, was eBizcuss bankrupt. Apple would eBizcuss to strict conditions have bound, and decided for example, how eBizcuss his stores had to focus on, and how the staff had to be trained. At the same time, injured Apple reseller in new product launches, and contributed to its own stores, while eBizcuss no products received.

In the Netherlands uses Apple reportedly similar techniques, but whether the Dutch watchdog Authority Consumer and Market) and also with a research in progress, is not known. A spokesman of the ACM says that the authority shall not make statements about pending cases.