The EU Court of Justice decided to impose a sanction in a trial in which US IT giant Google complained that the EU = European Union imposed a sanction of more than 300 billion yen in Japanese yen over a product comparison site. I handed down a ruling in favor of.
Four years ago, the EU said that Google used its dominant position in Internet search services to treat its product comparison site more favorably than other companies' sites and violated the EU competition law, which is Japan's antitrust law, 2.4 billion. We imposed a fine of 20 million euros, or more than 300 billion yen in Japanese yen.
Google had filed a complaint with the EU Court of Justice, but on the 10th, the court handed down a ruling in support of the EU's decision to impose sanctions.
In the ruling, the court found that Google had given preferential treatment to its site when displaying search results, and that the amount of sanctions was also reasonable as Google's actions were intentional.
In response to the ruling, the European Commission, the EU's executive body, commented, "It's a clear message that Google's actions are against the law. We will continue to use all means to get involved in the way giant digital companies should be." I am.
On the other hand, Google is able to appeal against this judgment, which is the first trial, and there is a lot of interest in how it will come out in the future.