Apple Inc.
Budget
€8 — €0
EP Access
8
accredited persons
Staff
28
8.4 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro. Apple’s six software platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS, and tvOS — provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud, and Apple TV. Apple’s more than 150,000 employees are dedicated to making the best products on earth, and to leaving the world better than we found it.
EU Legislative Interests
Cyber Resilience Act, Data Act, Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, Artificial Intelligence Act, EU eID (Regulation establishing a Framework for a European Digital Identity’ COM (2021) 281), E-evidence, Proposal for a regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse material, Medical Device Regulation, European Health Data Space Regulation, Review of Vertical Block Exemption Regulation, Digital skills and education policy (Digital Education Action Plan, European Education Area), Standardisation reforms, Batteries and Waste Batteries Regulation, Regulation on ecodesign for smartphones, mobile phones, cordless phones and slate tablets, Review of ecodesign requirements for computers and computer servers, Ecodesign requirements for external power supplies, Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, Green Claims Directive, Carbon Removal Certification Regulation, Payment Services Regulation, GDPR Procedural Regulation, Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on standard essential patents and amending Regulation, Digital Fairness Act, Financial Data Access (FiDA) Regulation, Digital Networks Act, Cardiovascular Health Plan, Consumer Agenda, European Parliament Annual Competition Report, Third Party Litigation Funding, Digital Omnibus, Digital Omnibus on AI, Omnibus IV, New Legislative Framework, Circular Economy Act, Environment Omnibus, Radio Spectrum Policy, including the European Commission 6 GHz mandate.
Communication Activities
- Atlantic Council and Apple roundtable conversation on Europe’s digital regulation (November 2024) - Support for Lisbon Council lunch on ‘The Kids Are Alright: From Digital Protection to Empowerment’ (November 2024) - Support for GLOBSEC roundtable on Revisiting the Encryption Debate: Cybersecurity, Rights, and Resilience (November 2024) - Support for CERRE breakfast on consumer protection (December 2024) - Support for Martens Centre European Ideas Forum event on “Laying Foundations for Europe's Future” (December 2024) - Support for CERRE Regulatory Lab: Streamlined and Independent Regulators for the EU Digital Rulebook (December 2024) - Support for EPC roundtable event on decarbonising supply chains across European Industries (January 2025) - Atlantic Council and Apple roundtable conversation on Regulation of AI (January 2025) - Support for CER roundtable on the Green Claims Directive (January 2025) - Briefing for policymakers and other stakeholders around Data Privacy Day (January 2025) - Support for Forum Europe’s 14th Annual European Data Protection & Privacy Conference and fireside chat on privacy, competition and the digital Market (March 2025) - Support for CERRE Digital Platform Summit and participation in panel on DMA (March 2025) - Support for GLOBSEC Lunch on the European Commission’s internal security strategy (April 2025) - Support for Lisbon Council lunch on child safety (May 2025) - Lunch for policymakers on Apple’s environmental priorities (May 2025) - Tour of Apple’s Daisy recycling facility in Breda for policymakers, and discussions of Apple’s 2030 environmental initiatives and priorities (June 2025) - GLOBSEC and Apple roundtable on public-private efforts to counter cyber threats (June 2025) - Atlantic Council and Apple roundtable conversation on the EU’s digital competitiveness (July 2025)
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Apple is a member of or sponsors the following organizations: 4evergreen Forum ACT I The App Association AdHoc Council AFNUM (The French Alliance of Digital Industries) Allied for Startups Amcham Germany American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU) Anitec-Assinform (Associazione italiana per ICT) Bitkom Bruegel Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Centre for European Reform (CER) Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) Chamber of Progress Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Data Transfer Initiative Digital Europe DOT Europe Dynamic Spectrum Alliance European Disability Forum (EDF) European Liberal Forum (ELF) European Association of Payment Service Providers for Merchants (EPSM) European Internet Forum (EIF) European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF) European Policy Centre (EPC) European Portable Battery Association (EPBA) European Services Forum (ESF) Europen Fair Standards Alliance (FSA) Globsec Ibec Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) Internet Watch Foundation IP2Innovate Lisbon Council MedTech Europe Mobile Wireless Forum (MWF) Open Source Initiative Recharge Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Tech UK Transatlantic Partnership Network (TPN) Wirtschaftsrat der CDU Związek Cyfrowa Polska (ZIPSEE) ZVEI (German Electro and Digital Industry Association)
Organisation Members
N/A
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.