Analysis Of Google Antitrust Case In EU

Google is a monopoly of big data in the Internet field.Google search has dominated the search engine market in many countries around the world.In particular,most countries in the EEA(European Economic Area)have a market share of more than 90%.The European Union filed an accusation against Google and began investigations in 2010.After a seven-year investigation,the European Commission issued a penalty decision on June 27,2017,which asserted that Google abused its dominant position and gave priority to search results.Google’s comparative shopping service,which excludes competing shopping services,has issued a huge amount of fines to Google and requested it to expedite its rectification and to treat all participants in the market fairly.The European Union’s announcement of the penalty decision issued by Google affirmed that Google has a dominant position in the Internet search market within the European Economic Area and abused its dominant position,limiting competition in the market and violating Article 102 of the TFEU and Article 54 of the EEA Agreement.The rules governing the dominant position of the market.The investigation history of the European Commission and the final penalty decision have typical reference significance for the enforcement of anti-monopoly law enforcement in the Internet industry at home and abroad.In the face of China’s Internet market including instant messaging and search engines,there has been a single trend.China’s anti-monopoly law enforcement agencies should learn from international experience,pay close attention to the competition in the Internet market,strengthen legislation,and step up anti-monopoly enforcement.At the same time,it will guide enterprises to better "go global" and strengthen the awareness of enterprises’ participation in international competition rules.This article focuses on the analysis of the focus of the case,that is,from the three aspects of the definition of the relevant market,the dominant position of the market,and the determination of abuse of the dominant position of the market,the specific composition of the behavior of Google in the abuse of market dominant position in the network field is analyzed.The body of this article is divided into three parts:The first part introduces the basic case of the European case concerning the punishment of the Google case,the investigation history,and the punishment decision and reason.The second part elaborates and analyzes the focus of the case.Since the EU penalty penalties described in this article are EU’s administrative decisions,not judgmental documents,and the original defendant’s prosecution process,this part elaborates on the EU’s identification and analysis of Google’s violations and focuses on Three.The first part is the definition of the relevant market.Through analysis of the TFEU’s Article 102 framework provisions on the issue,combined with the EU’s elaboration and analysis of the relevant market in Google,to illustrate the focus of the issue,and to elaborate and analyze the relevant legal issues;The second part identifies market dominance of Google through market share,market entry barriers and other factors.The third part is the determination of abuse of market dominance,which includes a detailed analysis of abuses.First,it describes the provisions of abuse under the EU competition law.,Then analyze the European Union’s determination of the abuse of Google in this case,and elaborate on the EU’s recognition of potential anti-competitive effects.In combination with the above three parts,it is comprehensively determined that Google constitutes abuse of market dominance.The third part explains the anti-monopoly regulations of the EU anti-Google monopoly case against the abuse of market dominant position in China’s Internet sector.