The Application of Article 102 TFEU by the European Commission and the European Courts

摘要

1. 2018 was a particularly active enforcement year in which the Commission adopted six decisions. 2. In its most high-profile Article 102 TFEU decision of the year, Google Android, the Commission imposed a €4.34 billion fine-the highest fine to date on a single undertaking-finding that Google committed an abuse by imposing anticompetitive restrictions on Android device manufacturers and mobile network operators. 3. In Servier, the GC clarified relevant factors for market definition, annulling the Commission's entire dominance assessment and revoking the €41.27 million fine separately imposed for the Article 102 TFEU infringement.