EU: Incoming complaint adds to Google caseload

A planned complaint to be filed to the European Commission against Google by a Czech website owner is set to add to the EU’s ongoing case with Google, months after European Commissioner Joaquin Almunia agreed to settle with the company, suggesting regulators were on path to close the case.

Reports say Allegro group, which operates websites in the e-commerce industry, is set to issue a complaint to the Commission and says that other large Internet companies in the nation will also join the complaint.

News of the anticipated complaint follows Google’s plans to launch a price comparison site in the country; several of the websites owned by Allegro are price comparison companies.

Google has been under watch at the Commission for allegations of dominance abuse in the way it displays rival search results. According to Allegro, 90 percent of its users access price comparison website through search engines.

Allegro could soon be joined by the Czech Internet Advertising Association and the Electronic Commerce Association, say reports.

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