In February, a rumor from Twitter-based leaker ShrimpApplePro claimed that USB-C with MFI. The fear of this has been that Apple could use the MFi program to limit features like fast charging and high-speed data transfer to Apple and MFi-certified cables. This week the EU Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton wrote in a letter available to the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (German Press Agency  dpa) that they've already warned Apple against making such a move as to limiting some function. Restrictions in the interaction with chargers are not permitted

More specifically, the report by Zeit Online reported that Breton told Apple in a meeting back in March that "Devices that do not meet the requirements for the common charger will not be allowed on the EU market." The Commission reminded Apple of this at a meeting in mid-March. 

By the third quarter of this year, the Brussels authority intends to publish a guide to ensure a "uniform interpretation of the legislation". The Chairwoman of the Internal Market Committee of the EU Parliament, the Green politician Anna Cavazzini, accused Apple of wanting to evade EU rules.

In February, a rumor from Twitter-based leaker ShrimpApplePro claimed that USB-C with MFI. The fear of this has been that Apple could use the MFi program to limit features like fast charging and high-speed data transfer to Apple and MFi-certified cables. This week the EU Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton wrote in a letter available to the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (German Press Agency  dpa) that they've already warned Apple against making such a move as to limiting some function. Restrictions in the interaction with chargers are not permitted

More specifically, the report by Zeit Online reported that Breton told Apple in a meeting back in March that "Devices that do not meet the requirements for the common charger will not be allowed on the EU market." The Commission reminded Apple of this at a meeting in mid-March. 

By the third quarter of this year, the Brussels authority intends to publish a guide to ensure a "uniform interpretation of the legislation". The Chairwoman of the Internal Market Committee of the EU Parliament, the Green politician Anna Cavazzini, accused Apple of wanting to evade EU rules.

Whether the Apple rumor was to ever come to be is unknown at this time. Yet what is known is that the EU Commissioner wanted to sound tough in the press by warning big bad Apple from California not to thwart his authority and rule in Europe! Vivre France! – and all that jazz. Yes, I'm sure that Apple's executives choked on their morning coffee in humor this week when reading about Breton's exagerated bravado.