The European Commission fined Google € 2.42 billion

The European Commission fined Google for € 2.42 billion in antitrust business, according to the regulator’s website.

The commission admitted that Google abuses the dominant position in the search systems market, forming the issuance of results on goods and services in such a way that the company's commercial partners are on the first lines.

Google does not agree with the decision of the EC and intends to appeal it, AFP reports .

As the Financial Times wrote , the penalty scheduled for the European Commission will be a record among antimonopoly affairs. It exceeded € 1.06 billion, which the EC ordered to pay Intel in 2009. At the same time, it was expected that the fine for Google will also be a little more than a billion euros.

The corporation has 90 days to stop “illegal actions” and provide all services with equal display conditions in the search results. If Google does not do this, it will be fined an equivalent 5% daily turnover of the Alphabet maternal company.

The case against Google was investigated for seven years. FT clarifies that the current Commissioner of the EC for competition Margaret Westager “inherited” him from the predecessor, who “did not dare” to endure the verdict twice - in 2013 and 2014. Westagger announced new claims to the American company in 2015.