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Italy: Autorità garante della concorrenza e del mercato investigation into Google for abuse of dominance in display advertising market

Progress

Current status
concluded
12 Oct 2021 concluded
28 Oct 2020 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Italy
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
online advertising provider
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

12 Oct 2021
concluded

Closed investigation into Google for alleged abuse of dominance in display advertising market

On 12 October 2021, the Italian competition and markets authority (autorità garante della concorrenza e del mercato) closed its investigation into Google for abuse of dominance, because, as of 22 June 2021, the EU Commission had initiated proceeding…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type closure
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
28 Oct 2020
under deliberation

Launch of investigation into Google for alleged abuse of dominance in display advertising market

The Italian competition and markets authority (autorità garante della concorrenza e del mercato) launched an investigation into Google for abuse of dominance on 28 October 2020. Specifically, the authority alleges Google to have violated Art. 102 of…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority

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