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Advocate General issued opinion proposing to set aside General Court’s annulment of almost EUR 1.5 billion fine imposed on Google for alleged abusive online advertising practices (Commission v Google and Alphabet) (C-826/24 P)

On 12 November 2026, the Advocate General delivered an opinion in Commission v Google and Alphabet (C-826/24 P). The opinion proposed that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) set aside the General Court’s judgment annulling the Europea…

  • Advocate General Kokott: The General Court erred in finding that the Commission had failed to demonstrate any exclusionary effects of Google’s contractual practices in connection with its online advertising intermediation platform AdSense, Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) (Official)

Scope

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

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2016-07-14
under deliberation

On 14 July 2016, the European Commission issued a Statement of Objections to Google regarding Googl…

2019-03-20
in force

On 20 March 2019, the European Commission sanctioned Google with a fine of EUR 1.49 billion for vio…

2024-09-18
in force

On 18 September 2024, the European General Court annulled the European Commission's decision to imp…

2024-12-03
under appeal

On 3 December 2024, the European Commission lodged an appeal before the Court of Justice of the Eur…

2026-11-12
under deliberation

On 12 November 2026, the Advocate General delivered an opinion in Commission v Google and Alphabet …