An Italian administrative court scrapped a fine imposed by the country’s antitrust authority on U.S. tech giants Apple AAPL-Q and Amazon AMZN-Q for alleged collusion, a document showed on Monday.
The antitrust authority had fined both companies a total of more than €200-million ($195.3-million) in 2021, citing alleged anti-competitive cooperation in the sale of Apple and Beats products.
Earlier this year, the fine was reduced to an overall €173.3-million due to a “material error” in the first calculation.
Amazon said in a statement it welcomed the court’s decision.
The antitrust authority declined to comment, while Apple had no immediate comment.