伦敦，9月28日：英国竞争上诉法庭周一允许针对苹果和亚马逊的部分消费者诉讼继续进行，理由是指控两家公司限制了亚马逊英国市场上苹果产品销售的竞争。
LONDON, Sept 28 : Britain's Competition Appeal Tribunal on Monday allowed part of a consumer lawsuit against Apple and Amazon to proceed over claims they restricted competition in the sale of Apple products on Amazon's UK marketplace.
该诉讼指控苹果和亚马逊在2018年达成协议，限制哪些卖家可以在亚马逊英国网站上销售苹果和Beats品牌产品，从而减少竞争并推高价格。
The lawsuit alleges Apple and Amazon agreed in 2018 to limit which sellers could offer Apple and Beats-branded products on Amazon's UK website, reducing competition and inflating prices.
这三名法官组成的法庭允许关于通过亚马逊市场购买苹果产品的索赔继续进行，但驳回了涵盖直接从苹果和其他零售商购买产品的更广泛索赔。
The three-judge tribunal allowed claims relating to Apple products bought through Amazon's marketplace to proceed, but rejected a broader claim covering products bought directly from Apple and other retailers.
据原告称，获准继续进行的部分案件价值可能在2.89亿英镑（3.83亿美元）至3.06亿英镑之间，含利息。
The part of the case allowed to proceed could be worth between £289 million ($383 million) and £306 million, including interest, according to the claimant.
法官Kelyn Bacon表示，与亚马逊市场购买相关的索赔“合理、可信且基于事实”，但驳回了与其他零售商相关的更广泛索赔，因为这些索赔建立在“复杂且投机的损害理论”之上。
Judge Kelyn Bacon said claims relating to Amazon marketplace purchases were "plausible, credible and grounded in the facts", but rejected wider claims relating to other retailers because they rested on a "complex and speculative theory of harm".
该法庭去年曾拒绝允许消费者法律学者Christine Riefa提起的基本相同的诉讼继续进行，原因是对拟议的集体代表和诉讼资金安排存在担忧。
The tribunal had refused last year to allow a largely similar lawsuit brought by consumer law academic Christine Riefa to go ahead because of concerns about the proposed class representative and litigation funding arrangements.
该索赔后来由Justin Le Patourel重新提起，他取代Riefa成为拟议的消费者代表。
The claim was later refiled by Justin Le Patourel, who replaced Riefa as the proposed representative of consumers.
在裁决中，法庭表示，有现实依据主张对转售商的限制可能导致通过亚马逊购买苹果产品的消费者面临更高价格。
In its ruling, the tribunal said there was a realistic basis for arguing that restrictions on resellers could have led to higher prices for consumers buying Apple products through Amazon.
然而，法庭表示，目前没有足够证据支持指控的行为也推高了通过苹果自营店或其他零售商销售的苹果产品价格的主张。
However, it said there was not enough evidence at this stage to support claims that the alleged conduct also increased prices for Apple products sold through Apple's own stores or by other retailers.