EU new offensive against Google for abuse of dominant position – LaCapital.com.ar

The European Commission yesterday launched a new offensive against US Internet giant Google, which it accuses of abuse of dominant position.

The European executive sent to Google two “statements of objections” by anti-competitive practices, one on its advertising practices and another on his service to compare prices.

in the first case, the Commission informed Google ” its preliminary conclusion according to which the company abused its dominant position by artificially limiting the possibility that other websites can display advertising competitors Google “.

in the second case,” strengthened its preliminary conclusion in which estimated that Google abused its dominant position by systematically promote their service to compare prices in their results pages. “

This is an additional charge to the already presented in April 2015 on the same subject.

“If our investigations conclude that Google violates EU rules on anti-competitive practices, the Commission has a duty to act to protect European consumers and the exercise of fair competition in European markets, “said the European Commissioner for competition (antitrust), Margrethe Vestager, at a press conference in Brussels.

“Google and its parent Alphabet have ten weeks to reply to the statement of objections,” said the EU executive.

with this new offensive, Google is now white three investigations EU for abusing its dominant position.

in April, the EU accused the multinational of “abusing its dominant position” in the market of mobile devices with its Android operating system, which controls more than 80 percent of the world market.

According to the Commission, Google “pursues a strategy” for mobile devices that aims to “preserve and strengthen its dominant position in the sector general Internet search “imposing on device manufacturers pre-install Google Search and Chrome browser.

Other charges. the alleged dominant position Google is not limited to Internet search but extends to the operating systems that require a license and also Google Play Store, the kiosk selling Android applications.
 

The European Commission gave Google until 7 September, to respond to allegations of Android.

The Vestager Commissioner met Wednesday in Brussels with United States Secretary of the Treasury, Jack Lew, in a context of tension between the United States and the European Commission by EU research on the tax practices of multinationals which, according to Washington, point “disproportionately “US companies.