Sibuyela emthwalweni wentela ekhokhwa yi-Apple noma engayikhokhi ngebhizinisi layo e-EU. Futhi kulindeleke ukuthi phakathi kukaSepthemba no-Okthoba, kufinyelelwe esivumelwaneni neKhomishini yaseYurophu mayelana nalokhu. Ngokusho kukangqongqoshe wezezimali wase-Ireland uqobo (lapho lo mkhiqizo unekomkhulu lawo laseYurophu, ngenhloso yentela), UMichael Noonan, futhi ngokusho kweReuters:
«UKhomishani Wezokuncintisana we-European Union, uMargrethe Vestager, ungitshele ukuthi ngeke kube nesinqumo esiqinile kule nyanga kaJulayi, kodwa lokho isinqumo kungenzeka sifike ngaphambi kokuwa. Engikulindele kusethwe ngoSepthemba noma ekuqaleni kuka-Okthoba »
I-Apple isolwa, njengamanye amazwe aphezulu aphezulu njenge I-Google noma i-Yahoo, of Intela emazweni abhekwa njengezindawo zentela ngenxa yenani lentela eliphansi elisetshenziswayo emisebenzini yabo endaweni, ukushintsha amathuba emisebenzi amaningi ezweni, isivumelwano esingathathwa njenge usizo lombuso olungekho emthethweni. Inkampani yaseCupertino isebenza lapho nezinsizakalo eziningi ukunciphisa intela ngaphandle kwe-US, yenza inzuzo efinyelela ku-2/3 yemali yayo ezwenikazi elidala.
Ngakho-ke, inzuzo eyenziwe phakathi kuka-2004 no-2012 yinkampani yama-apula (isibalo esilinganiselwa ku- $ 64,1 billion) kungaba ngaphansi kwentela engu-12.5%, kuqhathaniswa ne-2% yamanje esetshenziswayo, futhi lapho-ke isikweletu senkampani sizoba cishe ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisishiyagalombili ngentela emuva.
I-Apple yona igcizelela ukuthi kunjalo omunye wabanikeli abakhulu emhlabeni nokuthi ukhokha yonke intela yentela ayikweletayo nomaphi lapho uphawu lwakhona lutholakala khona, ngaphansi kwemithetho yamanje yezwe ngalinye.
Lesi sinqumo sesivele sibambezelekile njengoba bekulindeleke ukuthi kube nesivumelwano maqondana nalokhu ngasekupheleni kuka-2015, kepha izicelo ezivela e-EU zemininingwane eyengeziwe maqondana nalokhu zenze uphenyo lwango-2016, ukubambezela isinqumo sokugcina.
I-Apple ingenye yezinkampani eziningi ezise- isimo esifanayo, njengonamandla onke IGoogle, iMcDonald ne-IKEA, phakathi kwabanye.
