Vestager sanctioned the world's most popular internet search
engine in 2017 for favouring its own price-comparison shopping service to give
it an unfair advantage against smaller European rivals.
The shopping case was the first of a trio of decisions that
have seen Google rack up a total of EUR 8.25 billion in EU antitrust fines in
the last decade. Vestager subsequently took on Amazon, Apple, and Meta, where
investigations are still ongoing.
"The General Court largely dismisses Google's action
against the decision of the Commission finding that Google abused its dominant
position by favouring its own comparison shopping service over competing
comparison shopping services," the Court said.
Google can appeal to the EU Court of Justice (CJEU),
Europe's top court, on points of law.
The case is T-612/17 Google and Alphabet v Commission
(Google Shopping) - Reuters
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