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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13522

13 November 2024
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Digital
EU insists Apple stop certain geo-blocking practices
Brussels, 12/11/2024 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday, 12 November, the European Commission announced that it had noticed Apple employs several geo-blocking practices that are potentially prohibited by EU regulations.

These geo-blocking practices—which restrict online access, payment methods, and downloads for users depending on the location from which they are connecting—are present in a number of Apple Media Services, including the App Store, Apple Arcade, Apple Music, iTunes Store, [Apple] Books, and [Apple] Podcasts.

Contents

COMMISSIONERS-DESIGNATE HEARINGS IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
COMPETITIVENESS/CLIMATE/COMPETITION: Spanish right and far right attempted to sabotage Teresa Ribera’s European Parliament hearing
INTERNAL MARKET/INDUSTRY: Stéphane Séjourné reassures MEPs worried about European industry
FOREIGN AFFAIRS/CFSP: victory for Ukraine is Kaja Kallas’s priority
DIGITAL: Henna Virkkunen wants to boost European investment, but struggles to reassure that she can stand up to big US platforms
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: Roxana Mînzatu convinces European Parliament of her determination to carry out her duties, but leaves it in dark regarding several key initiatives
COHESION/REGIONS: Vice-President-designate Raffaele Fitto struggles to reassure MEPs from left and centre of political spectrum
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: European Parliament postpones performance assessments for Olivér Várhelyi and European Commission executive vice-presidents-designate
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: EU insists Apple stop certain geo-blocking practices
DIGITAL: Commission examines seven applications to set up European “AI factories”
CLIMATE: COP29 - “Europe is and will continue to be largest provider of climate finance”, says Wopke Hoekstra
CIVIL PROTECTION: Spain intends to activate “all European solidarity mechanisms” at its disposal following devastating floods in Valencia
AGRICULTURE: EU countries approve proposal on assistance in event of natural disasters
FISHERIES: EU and neighbourhood countries agree on first EU-Albania fisheries restricted area
FISHERIES: European Commission and Norway agree on EU quota of Svalbard cod for 2025 and beyond
ENVIRONMENT: companies oppose postponement of application of regulation on imported deforestation in name of legal “stability and clarity”
ENVIRONMENT: forty-nine NGOs call on European Commission to “immediately” ban flufenacet, a harmful pesticide, according to EFSA
REGIONS: Euroregion Pyrenees-Mediterranean wants to be strategic partner in cohesion policy
TRANSPORT/TOURISM: study shows that Europe’s business travel managers have shared responsibility when it comes to ground transport safety
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: European Commission wants to reduce costs inherent in posting of workers in EU by introducing a standard electronic declaration
Russian invasion of Ukraine
UKRAINE: EU support unwavering, but must be stepped up, emphasises Josep Borrell
EXTERNAL ACTION
JAPAN: EU and Japan explore opportunities for future cyber security cooperation
TAIWAN: EU reaches out-of-court settlement with Taipei over wind energy trade dispute
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPANIES: IAASB calls on European policymakers and practitioners to adopt its latest sustainable auditing standard
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Council of Europe calls on Moldova to combat hate speech and discrimination against Roma and LGBTI people
NEWS BRIEFS
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU aircraft delivers emergency supplies to Cuba for victims of Hurricane ‘Oscar’
CUSTOMS: Italy adopts centralised import clearance system
COMPANIES: ‘CDP’ and EFRAG announce extended interoperability for sustainability reporting
FINANCE: Better Finance warns Maria Albuquerque of “need” for protections for small investors
JUSTICE: Austrian Michael Schmid to head Eurojust from 15 November
MIGRATION: agreement between Italy and Albania on transfer of asylum seekers suffers a further setback in Italian courts
MIDDLE EAST: Josep Borrell warns of possible “ethnic cleansing” in Gaza by Israel
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