BRUSSELS (Reuters) – An adviser to Europe’s prime courtroom on Thursday sided with Italy’s antitrust authority, saying Alphabet (NASDAQ:) unit Google’s refusal to permit an e-mobility app developed by Enel (BIT:) entry to its Android Auto platform might breach competitors guidelines.
“Google’s refusal to offer third-party entry to Android Auto platform could also be in breach of competitors guidelines,” Advocate Basic Laila Medina on the Luxembourg-based Courtroom of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) mentioned.
The Italian antitrust watchdog fined Google 102 million euro ($113.18 million) in 2021 for favouring Google Maps whereas blocking Enel’s JuicePass on Android Auto, a software program permitting drivers to navigate with maps on their automotive dashboards and ship messages whereas behind the wheel.
CJEU judges, who will rule within the coming months, often comply with nearly all of such non-binding opinions.
The case is C-233/23 Alphabet and Others.
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