Brussels Google test changes to avoid the fine - The País.com (Spain)

Two years after that Brussels has opened a process for possible abuse of dominant position, Google has unveiled his letters. The European Commission has just announced the measures that are proposed by the company led by Eric Schmidt to avoid a fine that could reach 3,800 million euros, 10% of its revenue last year.

There is now a process that will last about a month in which the Competition department, headed by Joaquin Almunia, hear the parties concerned to decide whether he is satisfied or not.

Among the measures proposed Google highlights a change in the presentation of their searches. The proposal is to stop favoring their services over those of rivals.

Another of his deals is to label the links to specialized services (Google Shopping, Hotel Finder, News, Finance or Flights) for Internet users to distinguish them from the rest. The proposal to newspaper publishers is that they can control their own content in Google News.

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I-comp, the association representing plaintiffs several companies among which Microsoft, Google claims to the ability to check a priori how practice would search if Brussels is given by satisfied . “If the proposal does not clearly show non-discriminatory principles and means to restore competition, it is very difficult to be successful,” he said in a statement.

market-test a survey that started the competition authorities for both the plaintiffs and other third parties may comment on the offer of the company will conclude with an opinion of Brussels. If positive, the changes Google will now raised legally binding and the software giant will escape sanctions. If not, Almunia services continue with the case.

accusations against Google are several. Among them, that redirects traffic to its own services without informing their customers, which takes content from various platforms-from newspapers to Restaurant Reviews specialized pages-without paying for it, or which imposes restrictions in contracts to monopolize the ads Internet.

Fairsearch.org, another organization representing claimants,