Apple Files An Appeal Against A Fine Of IDR 9.6 Trillion From The European Commission

JAKARTA - Apple Inc officially filed an appeal against the European Commission's decision to the European Union General Court, the second-highest court in the region, on Monday 7 July. The lawsuit was filed following a fine of 500 million euros or around Rp9.6 trillion imposed earlier this year for violating antitrust rules in the Digital Markets Act (DMA).

In a April 2025 decision, the European Commission stated that Apple violated the DMA by imposing technical and commercial restrictions on app developers. This restriction prevents developers from directing users to cheaper price offerings outside Apple's App Store.

"Today we are filing an appeal because we believe that the European Commission's decision and the unprecedented magnitude of the fine goes far beyond what is regulated by law," Apple said in its official statement.

"As we will explain in our appeal, the European Commission imposes on how we run our app stores as well as imposing confusing business provisions for developers and harming users. We apply these changes to avoid punitive daily fines, and we will convey the facts to the court," Apple continued.

Last month, Apple made major changes to their App Store policy in line with the European Commission's orders. These changes include lifting technical and commercial restrictions on developers, in order to avoid a daily fine of 5% of their average global revenue which is estimated at around 50 million euros (Rp964 billion) per day.

The European Union's Competition Commission is currently still gathering input from app developers before deciding whether to accept changes filed by Apple or to demand more adjustments.