Belgium: EU court rejects Google fine appeal

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A European Union court has rejected an appeal from Google about a fine over demoting rival shopping services, upholding a 2017 verdict on the case, a EU spokesperson said during a press briefing in Brussels on Wednesday.
“The General Court has confirmed the Commission’s decision of June 2017, in which we had found that Google abused its market dominance in general search by treating its own comparison-shopping services more favorably than competing comparison shopping services,” Arianna Podesta, the European Commission spokesperson for competition and Eurostat confirmed.
The €2.4 billion ($2.7 billion) antitrust fine was imposed on the digital platform for anti-competitive practices related to the price comparison market through its shopping services.

SOT, Arianna Podesta, European Commission spokesperson for competition and Eurostat: “Indeed, today, the General Court has confirmed the Commission’s decision of June 2017, in which we had found that Google abused its market dominance in general search by treating its own comparison-shopping services more favourably than competing comparison shopping services. Google was displaying its own services prominently at the top or near the top of the first search result pages, irrespective of how good or relevant it was. Instead, the rival services were demoted to pages four or lower, and therefore they were not even seen in practice. The judgement today delivers a clear message that Google’s conduct was unlawful, and it provides the necessary legal clarity for the market.”

SOT, Arianna Podesta, European Commission spokesperson for competition and Eurostat: There’s a regulation on Digital Markets Act, which is currently under ordinary legislative process in Parliament and Council, which also includes a general provision banning self-preferencing by core platform services of its own products and services. Should this be maintained in the final text, adopted by the legislator, this provision could potentially be applicable to other specialised services of Google, of course.”

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