The European Commission has fined Google a total of €890 million for breaching the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the EU regulation imposing specific obligations on large digital platforms designated as gatekeepers.
The first fine, amounting to €460 million, concerns the preferential treatment given to Google’s own services in search results, including shopping, hotels, transport and sports, to the detriment of competing services. The second fine, amounting to €430 million, concerns restrictions imposed on app developers distributing their applications through Google Play, limiting their ability to inform users about alternative offers available outside the store.
The Commission also ordered Google to end the infringements by ensuring fair conditions for third-party services and greater freedom for developers to promote alternative offers. Google must comply within 60 days. Failure to do so could result in periodic penalty payments of up to 5% of its total worldwide turnover.
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