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Italy hits Amazon, Apple, Google with antitrust fine
The aim had been to restrict the number of retailers and limit cross-border sales.
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The Apple Air Tag during a special event at Apple Park in Cupertino, California. (Handout/Apple Inc./AFP/Courtesy of Apple Inc. )
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taly's competition watchdog have imposed fines totaling over 200 million euros ($225 million) on Amazon, Apple and Google in the latest action taken against US tech giants in Europe over their business practices.
The watchdog ordered Apple to pay 134.5 million euros and e-commerce firm Amazon 68.7 million euros for infringing EU laws through restrictions which penalized sellers of Apple and Beats products.
Both Amazon and Apple said they intended to appeal.
Meanwhile in Strasbourg, EU legislation to impose unprecedented restrictions on how US tech giants do business passed a first and significant hurdle.
A key committee of the European Parliament overwhelmingly approved their version of the Digital Markets Act, legislation that will slap far-reaching rules on Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft.
US regulators are closely watching Europe's approach to big tech firms, after Washington pledged to intensify scrutiny of the technology industry.
The Italian watchdog said a 2018 deal between Amazon and Apple had "barred official and unofficial resellers of Apple and Beats products from using Amazon.it, allowing the sale of those products in that marketplace only to Amazon and to selected parties in a discriminatory manner".
