{"id":31295,"date":"2025-06-19T08:36:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T08:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=31295"},"modified":"2025-06-19T08:36:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T08:36:47","slug":"google-dealt-blow-at-eus-top-court-over-record-e4-12bn-competition-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=31295","title":{"rendered":"Google dealt blow at EU\u2019s top court over record \u20ac4.12bn competition fine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description o3-type-body-base\"><span>Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=cd63dd58-37a6-4af8-8050-40b7405da2bb\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Google\u2019s hopes of overturning a record EU competition fine was dealt a severe blow on Thursday, following a ruling that supports findings by Brussels regulators that the tech giant had used its Android mobile phone operating system to squash rivals.<em\/><\/p>\n<p>Juliane Kokott, advocate-general of the European Court of Justice, the EU\u2019s highest court, said that a \u20ac4.12bn fine issued against the US company should be upheld. <\/p>\n<p>While not legally binding, the majority of such opinions are followed by the EU\u2019s highest court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The win provides a boost to the European Commission, which is seeking to enforce tough new rules aimed at holding the world\u2019s largest tech companies to account.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/ff540ebb-7dc6-487f-af4a-a6bb502e4ae0\" data-trackable=\"link\">Android case<\/a> dates back to 2018, when the EU accused Google of imposing illegal restrictions on Android device makers and mobile network operators \u201cto cement its dominant position\u201d in internet search.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside aria-labelledby=\"aside-label\" class=\"n-content-recommended--single-story n-content-recommended--inset\" data-component=\"recommended\">\n<p class=\"n-content-recommended__title o3-type-body-highlight\">Recommended<\/p>\n<div class=\"o-teaser o-teaser--article o-teaser--small o-teaser--stacked o-teaser--has-image js-teaser\" data-id=\"3e75c36e-d29e-40ca-b2f1-74320e6b781f\">\n<div class=\"o-teaser__image-container js-teaser-image-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/3e75c36e-d29e-40ca-b2f1-74320e6b781f\" data-trackable=\"image-link\" data-trackable-context-story-link=\"image-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-teaser__image-placeholder\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2493\/1402\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The fine was part of a trio of cases against Alphabet-owned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/stream\/d6b12f0c-bf3f-4045-a07b-1e4e49103fd6\" data-trackable=\"link\">Google,<\/a> which has seen regulators fine the company a total of \u20ac8bn over the past decade.<\/p>\n<p>The EU\u2019s top court has already backed the bloc\u2019s decision to fine the tech giant \u20ac2.42bn for favouring its own comparison shopping service ahead of rivals, which can no longer be appealed against.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Google did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/f59441ee-e37f-4aa9-92a9-6f321b981e2c\" data-trackable=\"link\">win its appeal against a \u20ac1.5bn fine<\/a> from 2019 for blocking competitors in the online advertising market, which the General Court annulled last year. <\/p>\n<p>Separately, the EU is wrapping up its investigation into Google\u2019s online advertising technology, which it launched in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/cd63dd58-37a6-4af8-8050-40b7405da2bb\">Source link 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