At least, this is all, If you believe the information in «The Sunday Telegraph» British newspaper. According to the publication, the European Commission will put the good of the Corporation at the expense of 3 billion. euro. We are talking about a record antitrust fine, which in early June can be discharged the world's largest search engine.
The essence of the offense Google, litigation with the EU about which conducted since 2010 of the year, It is, that the company openly lobbied for the interests of its trading platforms in search results, from which we have suffered direct competitors, do not have access to the formation of the SERPs.
for 6 s proceedings were three attempts to arrive at a global solution, but the parties have not been able to do so. As a result, if the European Commission does not change its decision, Google will have to pay the said sum for his inappropriate behavior. Besides, Good corporation is prohibited (must be understood, in the EU) continue to manipulate the search results for the sake of themselves and to the detriment of competitors. Representatives of the "opposing" sides declined to comment on the matter.
As a reference: European Commission powers to fine companies-violators of antitrust laws in the amount of up to 10% of their annual sales. To date, the largest antitrust fine in EU history is considered payment in 1,1 billion. euro, which in 2009 year, was forced to make an Intel company.