The European Commission’s June 9 decision requires Meta to provisionally restore free access to the WhatsApp Business API for competing general-purpose AI assistants, a measure adopted under Article 8 of Regulation 1/2003. The decision is linked to an ongoing investigation into whether Meta abused its dominant position under Article 102 TFEU. The proceedings began after Meta excluded third-party AI assistants from the API in October 2025, later reinstating access only subject to a fee that the Commission preliminarily found could have a similar exclusionary effect. The Commission preliminarily considers Meta dominant in the EEA-wide market for consumer communications applications. Meta was ordered to restore access on the same free terms that applied before October 15, 2025, with noncompliance potentially resulting in fines of up to 10% of worldwide annual turnover or periodic penalty payments of up to 5% of average daily turnover. The decision can be separately appealed to the EU General Court, and Meta has announced that it intends to challenge it.