Apple and five publishers are to be investigated over anti-competitive practice in the e-book market, says the European Union’s anti-trust watchdog.
As well as the tech giant, the inquiry centres on Hachette Livre, Penguin, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster and Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holzbrinck, accordingn to BBC News.
The Commission said it would focus on alleged illegal agreements restricting competition in the EU.
The character and terms of agreements that the companies made with agencies are to be examined for breaches of EU rules on cartels, the Commission said.
The Office of Fair Trading has now finished its own investigation, but continues to work closely with the Commission, which is extending the scope of the inquiry across the whole of Europe.
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