France’s competition watchdog raids Apple’s offices

The Telegraph reports Apple’s offices in France, and some of its retail outlets, have been raided by the Autorité de la concurrence, the country’s competition watchdog.

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“The raid is part of an investigation into whether Apple was unfairly preventing competition by restricting product shipments to other distributors. France’s watchdog investigation follows complaints from EBizcuss, an Apple reseller with about 15 stores in France and Belgium, who collapsed last year and accused Apple of unfair supply practises,” the report explains.

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