Google A setback on Thursday after an adviser to the EU’s top court suggested the tech giant’s appeal was opposed to an 4.1 billion euro ($4.7 billion) antitrust fine.
Juliane Kokott, an advocate for the European Court of Justice, suggested that the court throw Google’s appeal and confirm the fine, which is The previous 4.34 billion euros decreased to 4.12 billion euros in 2022 by the General Court of the European Union.
“She made an opinion today that General Cocote proposed that the court reject Google’s appeal, thus upholding the General Court’s judgment,” Luxembourg-based ECJ said in a press release on Thursday.
The fine involved a long-term antitrust case surrounding Google’s Android operating system.
In 2018, the European Commission used a record fine on the grounds that it abused Android’s mobile advantages to provide unfair advantages to its own apps through pre-installation deals with smartphone manufacturers. The Commission is the executive body of the EU.
CNBC contacted Google on Thursday without commenting immediately. The company has Previously called on courts to divest EU fines Based on Android “creates more options for everyone, not fewer.”
Although advocates’ proposals are unbinding, judges tend to follow four of five such unbinding opinions. The ECJ is expected to complete its final ruling in the coming months.
