Russia: Announced investigation into Google for alleged abuse of dominance through pre-installation requirements
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Announced investigation into Google for alleged abuse of dominance through pre-installation requirements
On 20 February 2015, the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) opened an investigation into Google for allegedly abusing its dominance in the mobile devices market. Specifically, Google is alleged to have implemented clauses into contracts with producers of mobile devices that oblige the producers to pre-install certain applications and set Google as the default search engine. Furthermore, Google is alleged to give its own applications a preferential screen location on mobile devices. The opening of this investigation follows a complaint made by Yandex to the FAS.
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Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: app stores, search service provider
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
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2015-02-20
under deliberation
2015-09-14
in force
2015-10-05
in force
2016-08-11
in force
2016-11-18
under appeal
2016-12-26
in force
2017-01-24
under appeal