On June 27, 2017, the EU Commission fined Google €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. Google has abused its market dominance as a search engine by giving an illegal advantage to another Google product, its comparison shopping service.
The Commission’s fine of €2 424 495 000 takes account of the duration and gravity of the infringement and it has been calculated on the basis of the value of Google’s revenue in the EU.
Google suggested that it will appeal.
More information on this investigation is available on the Commission’s competition website in the public case register under the case number 39740.
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