Apple faces 'EU competition charge sheet' after Spotify complaint   

Apple answered Spotify's accusation of unfair trading by saying the App Store helped Spotify benefit from hundreds of millions of app downloads to become Europe's largest music streaming service. File photo

Apple answered Spotify's accusation of unfair trading by saying the App Store helped Spotify benefit from hundreds of millions of app downloads to become Europe's largest music streaming service. File photo

Apple could face an EU competition charge sheet in the coming weeks after a complaint by rival Spotify that it unfairly pushed its own music streaming service. 

The European Commission could send the statement of objections setting out suspected violations of the EU competition rules to Apple before the summer. 

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