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Apple Inc. has agreed to scrap its online pricing policies across Europe for its iTunes music downloads, the European Union said Wednesday.

The maker of the popular iPod media players had been under investigation since April by E.U. authorities after a British consumer group complained that Apple and major record companies were unfairly restricting the choice and ramping up the cost of downloads at the company's European music stores.

E.U. regulators opened a probe into iTunes last year. They alleged distribution agreements Apple signed to sell music from its online stores in E.U. countries contained territorial restrictions which violated E.U. competition rules because consumers can only download music from the iTunes store in their country of residence.