“The calculations include a payment in the amount of € 500 million, which was announced in a French court, as well as an additional € 465 million of taxes that we agreed to pay,” the TV channel quoted the company’s representative as saying.

In July 2018, the European Commission fined Google for a record € 4.34 billion.

The company was fined for “violating EU antitrust rules” and “illegal restrictions” for manufacturers of Android devices and mobile operators in order to consolidate their dominant position among search services.