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EU: “We will ‘actively’ watch Google’s remedies” says Vestager

By  |  September 27, 2017

European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager said on Wednesday (27 September) that the institution would “actively monitor” a set of remedies proposed by Google to open up its shopping service to competitors as from tomorrow.

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    Google will have to submit a report to inform the Commission about how they are implementing the decision. The first report is due early next year, and the company will continue producing reports for a period of five years.

    The Danish Commissioner did not confirm whether she was happy with the solutions proposed by the ‘tech’ giant.

    She insisted on the importance of Google fully applying the remedies communicated to the EU executive last month. “It is for Google to show that they will do it, and we will monitor it actively,” the commissioner said.

    The EU executive accused Google last June of abusing its dominant position by giving “illegal advantage” to its comparison web service (Google Shopping) in search results.

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