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As we noted yesterday, the authority <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2018\/12\/10\/is-the-eca-really-going-after-apple\/\">alleges that Apple is violating the Competition Act<\/a> by barring its regional distributors from selling to its Egyptian distributors has limited \u201cintra-brand competition,\u201d which the ECA takes as seriously as competition among rival companies. <b>The ECA will take legal action against Apple and its regional agent ABM <\/b>if the practice isn\u2019t wound-down by then, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masrawy.com\/news\/news_economy\/details\/2018\/12\/10\/1477093\/-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%87%D9%84-%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%84-60-%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A7-%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1#sectionListing\">Masrawy reports<\/a>, citing a statement from the Official Gazette.<\/p>\n<p><b>Apple is not the first high-profile international company the ECA has gone after:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2018\/10\/25\/egypt-competition-watchdog-warns-uber-and-careem-of-fines-up-to-egp-500-mn-each-in-case-of-merger\/\">Uber and Careem<\/a> have been on the receiving end this year of sharp warnings against a (so-far unconfirmed) merger the authority has claimed would harm competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Competition watchdog gives Apple 60 days to end \u2018anti-competitive\u2019 restrictions in Egypt: The Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) has given global tech giant Apple 60 days to end restrictions on parallel imports by its authorized resellers. 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