Open consultation

Proposed NFC access conduct requirement for Apple’s mobile platform

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Published: 20 October 2026

Summary

The consultation sets out the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)’s proposed near field communication (NFC) access conduct requirement and its provisional assessment of its effectiveness and proportionality.

This consultation is being held on another website.

This consultation closes at
11:59pm on 17 November 2026

Consultation description

The CMA is consulting on a proposed NFC access conduct requirement for Apple’s mobile platform to enable developers to access NFC technology on iOS devices on fair, reasonable, transparent and non-discriminatory terms.

Any non-disclosure agreement a party may have in place with Apple should not prevent them from responding to this consultation. Apple has also confirmed that it will not use any other confidentiality provision with a party to prevent them from responding to this consultation.

Documents

Consultation document (NFC access)

PDF, 1.04 MB, 147 pages

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