EU's "statement of objections" exposure: Google or been fined-Google, Google-IT information

June 19 evening news Beijing time, according to the European Commission provide a competitor to Google's "statement of objections" to show that EU plans to impose heavy punishment on to Google to ensure its deterrent force.

European Commission in April this year, Google issued a "statement of objections", formally accused of favouring their own in Google search results Google Shopping service, so as to deceive the competitors. "Statement of objections" is the official document describing the findings, "statement of objections" issued, Google can adjust their business practices, and reconciliation with the European Union. But if we think that the "statement of objections" is unfair, Google could also argue for.

On Thursday, the European Union to include Microsoft and Germany publishers Axel Springer, 19 companies issued a "statement of objections" copy to solicit their feedback. Bloomberg's "statement of objections" copy shows that the European Commission has told Google, will be fined according to the Google Adwords revenue in the European Union.

European Commission within the "statement of objections", said: "in this case, the European Commission decided to fine lines must have feared. We found that, based on the ' statement of objections ' referred to the fact that Google deliberately violating fair competition, or at least was due to negligence. ”

The EU "statement of objections" also said fines against Google depends on many factors, including those from the EU user's AdWords service revenues, revenues from the price comparison website, and product search revenue from its search engine, and so on.

The European Commission said, have reached a "preliminary" conclusion that Google bias in their Google search results Shopping service, so as to deceive the competitors. European Union antitrust Commissioner magelite·weisitage (Margrethe Vestager) in April this year expressed: "Google gives its own Google Shopping service to unfair competitive advantages, I am concerned, in breach of EU antitrust law. ”

Due to complaints from 19 companies, the European Commission antitrust investigation of Google 5 years ago. In addition to Microsoft and Axel Springer, other companies include travel site Expedia, the review site Yelp, the online map service providers Hot-map and United Kingdom price comparison website Foundem.