The Commission would be requirement power want to convert with the threat of a hefty fine, reports Reuters. The news agency has an EU document of over 150 pages in which the objections of the European Commission are collected.
The EU is doing since 2013 research to the dominant position of Google, following complaints from competing search engines. Who complain that Google, makers of Android devices, and financial rewards for the standard install of Google services like search and Google Maps.
Deterrent penalty
Manufacturers such Google services will not install, the Play Store is not included on their devices. The Commission wants Google to stop with the “punish and threaten” of companies that do not agree with the rules around Android.
The EU has formally nothing to come out around the investigation of the abuse of power by Google. In the document, according to Reuters have spoken about a fine that is sufficient deterrence to ensure’.
the amount of The fine could be based on the European advertising revenues of Google, revenues from advertisements in apps and purchases in the Play Store.
Multiple studies
The European Commission (european Commissioner Margrethe Vestager (Competition), the last time critical to the abuse of power of the large technology companies. So it was that Apple recently by Brussels forced unpaid taxes of 13 billion euro to pay, which avoided would be by belastingafspraken with Ireland.
Europe has several investigations into alleged abuse of power by Google, both the search engine of the company, if around Android. Google in its search results for favoritism in the case of comparison of prices for online stores. Both in the field of search engines and mobile operating systems, Google is by far the largest player in the market.
The European Commission wants to opposite the news agency did not respond. Google says that the Commission wants to show that Android “was designed in a way that is good for competition and consumers”.
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