Didn't you mean 2 years? In the whole Europe you get at least 2 years of warranty
Cit. EU directive 1999/44/EC "A two-year guarantee applies for the sale of all consumer goods everywhere in the EU. In some countries, this may be more, and some manufacturers also choose to offer a longer warranty period."
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=y&prev...
That said, every time I went to an Apple Retail Store I've had the thing handled nonetheless, sometimes even when out of the 2 year warranty.
They told me there that it usually takes a few days for apple to authorize the repair after the 1 year vendor warranty, but I was able to pick up my laptop again on the next day in the morning.
The local certified shop wanted £99 to diagnose the problem. Apple weren't particularly helpful when I asked for help to get the fee waived (their staff in the US don't know about the UK Sale of Goods act, understandable perhaps), so I had to take a 40 minute train journey to my nearest Apple store.
The Apple store diagnosed the problem and immediately offered to repair it for free 'under UK consumer law'. I was pretty happy with the experience, but would have preferred if the local certified shop had been able to diagnose and repair the laptop for free instead.
Manufacturers are free to offer an additional warranty, and many of them do, but it's got nothing to do with EU regulations, and can be better or worse than the retailer warranty (e.g. in terms of who needs to pay for shipping, covered problems, proving who's to blame).
If your device breaks in the first months, you often have the option of either going to the retailer or the manufacturer.
http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/shopping/shopping-abroa...