As it takes the view that the planned acquisition of Shazam by Apple could harm competition within the European Economic Area (EEA), the European Commission decided on Wednesday 6 February to examine this project in light of EU merger rules.
Apple, the US IT giant, hopes to purchase Shazam, a British company which develops and distributes music recognition applications.
This planned acquisition was not notified to the Commission, as the amounts in question do not reach the turnover threshold...