{"id":135767,"date":"2025-01-16T16:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/news\/?id=einwn76m"},"modified":"2025-01-16T16:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T16:00:29","slug":"apps-without-trader-status-will-be-removed-from-the-app-store-in-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2025\/01\/16\/apps-without-trader-status-will-be-removed-from-the-app-store-in-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Apps without trader status will be removed from the App\u00a0Store in\u00a0the\u00a0EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/apps-without-trader-status-will-be-removed-from-the-app-store-in-the-eu.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Starting February 17, 2025<\/strong>: Due to the European Union\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.europa.eu\/strategy-and-policy\/priorities-2019-2024\/europe-fit-digital-age\/digital-services-act_en\">Digital Services Act<\/a>, apps without trader status will be removed from the App&nbsp;Store in the European Union until trader status is provided and verified, if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, Account Holders or Admins in the Apple Developer Program need to enter trader status in App&nbsp;Store&nbsp;Connect for apps on the App&nbsp;Store in the European Union in order to comply with the Digital Services Act.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/help\/app-store-connect\/manage-compliance-information\/manage-european-union-digital-services-act-trader-requirements\/\">Learn what a trader is and how to enter <span class=\"icon icon-after icon-chevronright nowrap\">your status<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting February 17, 2025: Due to the European Union\u2019s Digital Services Act, apps without trader status will be removed from the App&nbsp;Store in the European Union until trader status is provided and verified, if necessary. As a reminder, Account Holders or Admins in the Apple Developer Program need to enter trader status in App&nbsp;Store&nbsp;Connect for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-developer-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}