European Union: Announced investigation into Google for alleged abuse of dominance regarding comparison shopping service

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Announced investigation into Google for alleged abuse of dominance regarding comparison shopping service

On 30 November 2010, the European Commission (EC) announced its investigation into Google for allegedly abusing its dominance in the shopping comparison market. Specifically, Google is alleged to have ranked the unpaid search results of competitors lower compared to its own services, which it displayed in an anti-competitively preferential matter. Further, Google is alleged to have lowered the quality score of rival search services, while also obliging advertising partners to exclusively display their advertisements on Google's search page. The investigation follows several complaints made to the EC in 2009.

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Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
search service provider
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2010-11-30
under deliberation

On 30 November 2010, the European Commission (EC) announced its investigation into Google for alleg…

2017-06-27
in force

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2017-09-11
under appeal

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2021-11-10
in force

On 10 November 2021, the General Court of the European Union upheld the fine of EUR 2.42 billion by…

2023-09-14
under appeal

On 14 September 2023, Google submitted an appeal to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJE…

2024-01-11
under deliberation

On 11 January 2024, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issue…

2024-09-10
in force

On 10 September 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a ruling in Google's…

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