{"id":135900,"date":"2024-10-17T16:10:19","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T16:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/news\/?id=yfacfeal"},"modified":"2024-10-17T16:10:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T16:10:19","slug":"new-requirement-for-app-updates-in-the-european-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2024\/10\/17\/new-requirement-for-app-updates-in-the-european-union\/","title":{"rendered":"New requirement for app updates in the European\u00a0Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/new-requirement-for-app-updates-in-the-european-union.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Starting today<\/strong>, in order to submit updates for apps on the App&nbsp;Store in the European Union (EU) Account Holders or Admins in the Apple&nbsp;Developer Program need to enter trader status in App&nbsp;Store&nbsp;Connect. If you\u2019re a trader, you\u2019ll need to provide your trader information before you can submit your app for review.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting February 17, 2025<\/strong>, apps without trader status will be removed from the App&nbsp;Store in the EU until trader status is provided and verified in order to comply with the <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.europa.eu\/strategy-and-policy\/priorities-2019-2024\/europe-fit-digital-age\/digital-services-act_en\">Digital&nbsp;Services&nbsp;Act<\/a>.<\/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 today, in order to submit updates for apps on the App&nbsp;Store in the European Union (EU) Account Holders or Admins in the Apple&nbsp;Developer Program need to enter trader status in App&nbsp;Store&nbsp;Connect. If you\u2019re a trader, you\u2019ll need to provide your trader information before you can submit your app for review. Starting February 17, 2025, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135900","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\/135900","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=135900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}