Spain's antitrust watchdog said Wednesday it had opened a probe into the conditions Apple imposes on developers of mobile applications sold on its App Store.
'Apple may be engaging in anti-competitive practices consisting of imposing unfair commercial terms on developers who use Apple's application shops Apple App Store to distribute applications to users of Apple products,' the CNMC regulator said in a statement.
'These practices could be considered as a very serious infringement' of competition rules, which could lead to fines of up to 10 percent of the company's total global turnover, it added.
Apple's total revenue in the year to September 2023 stood at 383 billion 358 billion euros.
The CNMC's move comes after the European Commission warned Apple last month that its App Store rules may be violating the EU's landmark digital competition legislation, putting it at risk of hefty fines.
