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case is one of three that has resulted in a total of 8.25
billion euros in European Union antitrust fines on the world's
most popular internet search engine.
The European Commission in its 2019 decision said Google had
abused its dominance to stop websites using brokers other than
its AdSense platform which provided search adverts. The
Commission said the illegal practices occurred from 2006 to
2016.
Google subsequently challenged the EU finding in the
Luxembourg-based General Court. The company will set out its
case during a three-day hearing starting on Monday.
The EU competition enforcer's assessment of Google's dominance
and the Commission's decision that search ads and non-search ads
do not compete were wrong, Google said in a court document.
It also took issue with the Commission for saying the company's
exclusivity, premium placement and minimum Google ads clauses
were abusive.
Google suffered a setback last year when it lost its court fight
against a 2.42-billion-euro antitrust decision over the use of
its own price comparison shopping service to gain an unfair
advantage over smaller European rivals.
The AdSense case is T-334/19.
($1 = 0.9505 euros)
(Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; Editing by Mark Potter)
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