Google A top court adviser of the European Union suffered a setback on Thursday after a recommendation to dismiss the appeal of Tech giants against the 4.1-Bilian-Euro (7 4.7 billion) antitrust penalty.
General of the European Court of Justice, Julian Kocot, advised the court to expel Google’s appeal and seek fines In 2022, 4.125 billion euros were previously reduced to 4.125 billion euros From the EU general court.
“In its opinion given today, Advocate General Kokot has proposed that the court dismisses Google’s appeal and therefore upholds the general court’s decision,” Luxembourg -based ECJ said in a press release on Thursday.
The fine is related to the chronic antitrust case around Google’s Android operating system.
The European Commission slapped Google a record fines for the fact that the Android’s mobile dominance was misused to provide unfair benefit to its own apps through pre-founding agreements with smartphone manufacturers. The Commission is the executive institution of EU.
Google is not available for comment immediately when the CNBC contacts Thursday. The company has EU has previously called the courts to void the fine Android “has created a great choice for everyone, not less.”
Although the lawyer General’s proposal is not arrested, the judge will follow the four of the five unspeakable opinions. The ECJ is expected to make a final verdict in the coming months.
