In a document of over 150 pages, prepared by the European Union was sent to the plaintiffs last week to ask for comments. Google received a copy in April, in which the European Commission accused him of using their mobile operating system’s dominant, Android, to marginalize rivals.
In its charge sheet known as a statement of objections, the entity antitrust of the European Union said that plans to say the technology giant american stop making payments or discounts to mobile phone manufacturers to change to pre-install the digital store Play of Google along with the search engine.
The regulators also want to prevent Google to force manufacturers of advanced phones to pre-install their applications if that restricts your ability to use operating systems alternative Android-based.
Google may not penalize or threaten” to companies for not complying with their conditions, according to the document seen by Reuters.
The research of the European Commission takes place after a complaint filed by FairSearch, a lobbying group, in march of 2013.
Google could face a large fine because of anticompetitive practices, which began in January 2011 and is still recorded, adds the document.
“The Commission intends to set the fine at a level that is sufficient to ensure deterrence”, he said.
The European Commission spokesperson Ricardo Cardoso declined to comment. In the meantime, Google said: “We are anxious to show the European Commission that we have designed the model Android in a way that is good both for competition and for consumers and that support innovation in the entire region.”
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