France: Announced FCA precautionary measures in investigation into Google’s use of market power to allegedly circumvent the right of content renumeration for press agencies and publishers (Decision 20-MC-01)
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Announced FCA precautionary measures in investigation into Google’s use of market power to allegedly circumvent the right of content renumeration for press agencies and publishers (Decision 20-MC-01)
On April 9, 2020, the French Competition Authority (FCA) issued several injunctions. This precautionary measure was taken because Google allegedly did not obey the copyright law on neighbouring rights that came into force on October 24 2019, which w…
Scope
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content remuneration regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
search service provider
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
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2020-04-09
under litigation
2020-10-08
under litigation
2021-07-13
under deliberation
2021-11-15
under investigation
2021-12-15
in consultation
2022-01-31
processing consultation
2022-06-21
concluded