{"id":136070,"date":"2024-08-15T16:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/news\/?id=a0nevv65"},"modified":"2024-08-15T16:00:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T16:00:14","slug":"upcoming-requirements-for-app-distribution-in-the-european-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2024\/08\/15\/upcoming-requirements-for-app-distribution-in-the-european-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming requirements for app distribution in the European\u00a0Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/upcoming-requirements-for-app-distribution-in-the-european-union.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>As a reminder, Account Holders or Admins in the Apple&nbsp;Developer&nbsp;Program need to enter trader status in <a href=\"https:\/\/appstoreconnect.apple.com\/\">App&nbsp;Store&nbsp;Connect <\/a> for apps on the App&nbsp;Store in the European Union (EU) 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 Services Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please note these new dates and requirements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>October 16, 2024<\/strong>: Trader status will be required to submit app updates. If you\u2019re a trader, you\u2019ll need to provide your trader information before you can submit your app for review.<\/li>\n<li><strong>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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>As a reminder, Account Holders or Admins in the Apple&nbsp;Developer&nbsp;Program need to enter trader status in App&nbsp;Store&nbsp;Connect for apps on the App&nbsp;Store in the European Union (EU) in order to comply with the Digital Services Act. Please note these new dates and requirements: October 16, 2024: Trader status will be required to submit app updates. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136070","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\/136070","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=136070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}