EU’s largest antitrust fines

Google

€1.49 billion ($1.69bn)*
Mar 20, 2019: European Commission fines Google €1.49bn for breaching EU antitrust rules and unfairly
shielding its AdSense advertising platform from competition

€4.3 billion ($5bn)
Jul 2018: Google hit with record-breaking €4.3bn fine for requiring Android handset and tablet manufacturers to pre-install Google Search app and its own Chrome web browser

€2.4 billion ($2.7bn)
Jul 2017: Google fined €2.4bn for giving illegal advantage to Google Shopping in search results

Qualcomm
€977 million ($1.2bn)
Jan 2018: Qualcomm fined €977m for paying client Apple not to use chips of rival Intel in its iPhones and iPads

Microsoft
€497 million
Mar 2004: Microsoft fined €497m ($613m) for blocking vital inter-operability codes to rival software firms

€899 million
Feb 2008: Microsoft fined further €899m ($1.35bn) for failure to comply with 2004 judgement

€561 million
Mar 2013: Additional €561m ($732m) fine for breaking commitment to offer all European users of its Windows programme alternative web browsers

Servier
€427.7 million
Jul 2014: French drugs giant Servier, Israel’s Teva and five other drug companies fined €427.7m for colluding to delay cheaper generic medicine

Intel
€1.06 billion ($1.26bn)
May 2009: Intel fined €1.06bn for offering clients price rebates to use its own computer chips in
preference to those of rival AMD


Margrethe Vestager: EU Competition Commissioner


*US$ conversions at time of fine


Source: European Commission 
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