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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TimLibre" data-source="post: 2554730" data-attributes="member: 532658">I could try, but I think Apple has quite strict criteria for region settings. Im not even convinced that if I now drive to Germany, whcih I could do easily, would allow me to download the German app, as long as the region settings of my Apple account are registered in another country.On the other hand EU legislation imposed in 2018 states that:Article 4Access to goods or services1.   A trader shall not apply different general conditions of access to goods or services, for reasons related to a customer's nationality, place of residence or place of establishment, where the customer seeks to:<table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>(a)</td><td>buy goods from a trader and either those goods are delivered to a location in a Member State to which the trader offers delivery in the general conditions of access or those goods are collected at a location agreed upon between the trader and the customer in a Member State in which the trader offers such an option in the general conditions of access;</td></tr></table> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>(b)</td><td>receive electronically supplied services from the trader, other than services the main feature of which is the provision of access to and use of copyright protected works or other protected subject matter, including the selling of copyright protected works or protected subject matter in an intangible form;</td></tr></table> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>(c)</td><td>receive services from a trader, other than electronically supplied services, in a physical location within the territory of a Member State where the trader operates.</td></tr></table>2.   The prohibition set out in paragraph 1 shall not prevent traders from offering general conditions of access, including net sale prices, which differ between Member States or within a Member State and which are offered to customers on a specific territory or to specific groups of customers on a non-discriminatory basis.3.   Mere compliance with the prohibition set out in paragraph 1 does not, in itself, mean that a trader is under an obligation to comply with non-contractual national legal requirements relating to the respective goods and services of the Member State of the customer or to inform customers about those requirements.4.   The prohibition set out in point (b) of paragraph 1 shall not apply to traders that are exempted from VAT on the basis of the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title XII of Directive 2006/112/EC.5.   The prohibition set out in paragraph 1 shall not apply in so far as a specific provision laid down in Union law, or in the laws of Member States in accordance with Union law, prevents the trader from selling the goods or providing the services to certain customers or to customers in certain territories.With respect to the sale of books, the prohibition set out in paragraph 1 shall not prevent traders from applying different prices to customers in certain territories in so far as they are required to do so under the laws of Member States in accordance with Union law.—-So i’m not sure it is legally right that the app is blocked for just some countries. Although there could be a hidden derogation in the law somewhere for medical devices. Or the app could be exempted from VAT as specified in paragraph 4, and thereby it would be justified to geo-block or something. However, it’s still stupid to exclude some countries from downloading the app, and even from ordering the freestyle libre 3.</blockquote>

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