Rod Sims, chairman of the Australian Competition and ConsumerCommission (ACCC) said that such moves meant that travellers to Australia were not able to decide "who does their currency conversion when withdrawing cash from an ATM".
The Australian Competition and ConsumerCommission said it would ask a federal court on Wednesday to order Apple to ensure consumers were made aware of the real technical capabilities of the device, correct its advertising and refund any affected buyers.
The UK will merge its Office of Fair Trading (OFT) with its CompetitionCommission, while Spain and the Netherlands plan to concentrate various competition, sector and consumer authorities into overarching national super-regulators.