France: Paris Commercial Court investigation into Google's dominant position in the online search advertising market through Google Ads

Progress

Current status
in force
10 Feb 2021 in force

Scope

Implementers
France
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
online advertising provider
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

10 Feb 2021
in force

Ruling subjecting Google to €1.27 million in antitrust damages regarding online advertising market power abuse

On February 10, 2021, the Paris Commercial Court ordered Google to pay €1.27 million antitrust damages to the Oxone, a directory enquiry service provider, who filed a stand-alone claim on August 10, 2020 (Google/Oxone, Case RG 2020035242). Google wa…

Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court