The EU Court confirms that Google will have to pay the fine of over 4 billion imposed by the European Antitrust. The Court limited the outlay slightly: from approximately 4,343 billion to 4,125 billion, which makes this fine the highest ever imposed in Europe by a competition supervisory authority.
The reasons behind the mega fine are due to the fact that the illegal restrictions imposed by Google on Android mobile device manufacturers and mobile network operators were recognized – first by the EU Commission and then by the Court – in order to consolidate the position dominance of your search engine.
"In order to take better account of the gravity and duration of the infringement", the Court deems it appropriate to impose a fine on Google of €4,125 billion as the conclusion of a reasoning which deviates, on several points, from that of the Commission.
The latter had fined Google approximately 4,343 billion, the largest fine ever imposed by a competition supervisory authority in Europe. However, this is not the first significant penalty that Google has to pay for unfair commercial behavior. In 2021 the EU Court had in fact rejected the appeal of the US giant against a fine of 2,42 billion which the Commission had ruled for unlawfully favoring its e-commerce service to the detriment of competition.
