Overview

• Advocate General Juliane Kokott urged the CJEU to dismiss Google’s appeal of the €4.125 billion fine imposed in 2018 for abusing its Android market dominance.
• The European Commission found that Google’s distribution agreements forced device makers to pre-install Google Search and Chrome to access the Play Store.
• Kokott’s non-binding opinion aligns with the General Court’s view that these agreements restricted competition across the EU’s single market.
• The antitrust probe into Google’s Android practices began in April 2015, making this dispute over ten years old.
• The Court of Justice of the European Union will now consider Kokott’s advice before issuing a binding ruling on Google’s appeal.