To address the first grievance of the Autorité, Google committed to the following: These are interesting proposals, even though it is still early to comment on their ability to restore competition (especially since they are subject to certain exceptions). (AOF) - La filiale d'Alphabet, Google, a annoncé avoir fait appel contre l'amende de 500 millions d'euros infligée en juillet par l'Autorité de la concurrence dans le dossier des droits voisins. No doubt the decision has to be based on facts found by the authority, some of which are confidential, but it would be really helpful if there were something that others can reference. Trouvé à l'intérieur19-D-26 of 19 December 2019 of the Autorité de la concurrence, case Google Ads (2019). Press Release: 'The Autorité de la concurrence Hands Down a € 150M ... It notes that Google’s practices are exceptionally grave, and states that Google’s behavior is part of a deliberate, elaborate and systematic strategy of non-compliance. L'Autorité avait par ailleurs ordonné à Google de "présenter une offre de rémunération pour les utilisations . Trouvé à l'intérieur – Page 177Face à ces ententes illégales et avérées, les autorités de la concurrence ... européenne a officiellement accusé le moteur de recherche Google d'abus de ... Google also proposed commitments, accepted by the Autorité, that will change the way its advertising service DFP and its sales platform AdX function. Si l'Autorité de la concurrence n'avait pas, dans le fond, critiqué l'essence même de ces règles de Google, qui constituent un obstacle à des sites malveillants par exemple, elle avait . Par cette décision rendue le 9 avril 2020, l'Autorité de la concurrence impose au moteur de recherche Google de négocier avec les éditeurs et agences de presse, la rémunération due au titre de la loi du 24 juillet 2019 relative aux droits voisins pour la reprise de leurs contenus protégés. Trouvé à l'intérieurComme vous l'aurez compris, plus il y a de concurrence sur un mot clé, plus il sera difficile de bien se positionner rapidement. Trouvé à l'intérieur – Page 91The Power of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple Martin Moore, Damian Tambini ... In September 2014, the Autorité de la concurrence adopted an interim ... This sanction and these commitments will make it possible to re-establish a level playing field for all players, and the ability for publishers to make the most of their advertising space. Le test du contrôle des concentrations d’entreprises est en pleine remise en question en Suisse. Trouvé à l'intérieur – Page 9110 Autorité de la concurrence/Bundeskartellamt (n 5), 42. Autorité de la concurrence/Bundeskartellamt (n 5), 33 ff. and see e.g. Google/ DoubleClick ... Google fait la pluie et le beau temps . Today the French Autorité de la concurrence (the “Autorité”) handed down a damning decision finding that Google has failed to comply with an earlier interim measures decision adopted in April 2020 with respect to press publisher’s neighboring rights. par S. Guillou, F. Marty et J. Torregrossa. La gravité des manquements conduit la rue de l'échelle a demandé 500 millions d'euros à Google et à envisager des astreintes journalières conséquentes (300 000 euros par . Le Figaro group withdrew its complaint on 6 November 2020. If anything, Google will have quite a hard time convincing regulators or judges that it has not breached competition law in ad tech, at least when it comes to the issues covered by the French decision. Google condamné en France à payer une amende de 500 millions d'euros. This volume contains articles and panel discussions delivered during the Thirty-eight Annual Fordham Competition Law Institue Conference on International Antitrust Law & Policy. Elle jugeait que la firme américaine appliquait . Trouvé à l'intérieurl'entrave à la concurrence. Il faut attendre le résultat. L'Autorité de la concurrence en France vient de condamner Google à une amende de 150 millions ... Trouvé à l'intérieur – Page 442Indeed, Google has been fined three times by the EU Commission for abuse of a ... and see further Autorité de la concurrence and CMA 'The Economics of Open ... Ses conclusions restent donc encore ouvertes. To access a decision, an opinion or a merger control decision: Google, did not dispute the facts, wished to settle with the Autorité, which granted its request. L'Autorité de la concurrence a par ailleurs ordonné à Google de « présenter une offre de rémunération pour les utilisations actuelles de leurs contenus protégés » aux éditeurs et . While this does not go as far as Google participating in header bidding (this would have probably been too big a concession for Google to make), it has the potential to lower the switching costs for publishers using DFP. The Autorité de la concurrence (Standing Committee), Having regard to the complaint, registered on 25 June 2019 under number 19/0030 F, in which the company News Corp Inc. referred to the Autorité de la concurrence (hereinafter "the Autorité") practices implemented by the companies Google Inc., now Google LLC, Trouvé à l'intérieur – Page xixBooking.com, Autorité de la concurrence, Case 15-D-06 . ... 151 Google Inc. Case 92 O 5/14 Kart, Landgericht Berlin (19 February 2016) ... Le 8 octobre dernier, la Cour d'appel de Paris (1) a confirmé la décision de l . Mardi, elle rendait une décision détaillée dans laquelle elle reproche à Google de ne pas avoir respecté quatre injonctions prononcées à son encontre en avril 2020. Technology giant Google was fined by France's competition watchdog for abusing its market position. On 9 April 2020 the Autorité published its decision no. Trouvé à l'intérieur – Page lxiv... French Autorité de la Concurrence Decision of 30 June 2010. Bottin Cartographes v Google Inc. & Google France, Paris Commercial Court Judgment of 31 ... The Autorité noted that Showcase is not limited to a new format for displaying protected content, but constitutes a new service, which did not exist at the time of the adoption of the interim measures, and which is based on new obligations placed on press publishers. My guess is that Google is doing so to appease, or even preempt regulators in other countries looking at these issues. Elle lui ordonne, par ailleurs, de se conformer aux injonctions 1 et 2 prononcées par sa décision initiale, sous peine d'astreintes journalières. Ces mesures conservatoires d'urgence resteront en vigueur jusqu'à la publication par l'Autorité d'une décision au fond. The only difference is that, as mentioned above, the Autorité did not contend that Google is dominant in the market for SSPs. Trouvé à l'intérieur... Rapporteur général adjoint, Autorité de la Concurrence POLLACK Rachel, ... de la Concurrence WALK Hunter, Previously made products at YouTube, Google ... Trouvé à l'intérieurV. BEAUMEUNIER, « Une Rapporteure générale pour l'Autorité de la concurrence » ... de la publicité en ligne, spécialement au sujet des pratiques de Google. Among these, the press groups - including those who were at the origin of the referral to the Autorité - were affected even though their economic model is also strongly weakened by the decline in sales of print subscriptions and the decline in associated advertising revenue. This is probably one of the very rare occasions where Google has capitulated â and this is perhaps because it knew it could not easily get around the Autoritéâs findings of wrongdoing (supported in many cases by damning internal documents). However, as the Autorité found, for the most part Google refused to separately negotiate with publishers over remuneration for the inclusion of their protected content on its existing services. These very serious practices penalised competition in the emerging online advertising market, and allowed Google not only to maintain but also to increase its dominant position. Trouvé à l'intérieur – Page 135... In the Matter of Google Inc. ( FTC File Number 111-0163 ) ( 3 January 2013 ) ... ( June 2019 ) Autorité de la Concurrence , ' Contribution de l'Autorité de ... View all posts by Dimitrios Katsifis. Trouvé à l'intérieurrésoudre les problèmes de concurrence que nous avions identifiés. ... engagements de Google pour les rendre obligatoires, Google sera pour la première fois ... Par Gérard Haas et Eve Renaud-Chouraqui. This has deprived rivals of the associated revenue. L'Autorité de la concurrence a condamné Google, le 13 juillet, à une amende de 500 millions d'euros pour ne pas avoir négocié « de bonne foi » avec les éditeurs de presse sur l . The Autorité de la concurrence hands out a €220 millions fine to Google for favouring its own services in the online advertising sector, Following referrals from News Corp Inc., Le Figaro group. Trouvé à l'intérieur – Page 186... prepared by Autorité de la Concurrence (Paris, 2019): point 16. Google LLC. v. Commission, Case AT.40099, C/2018/4761 (EC, 2018): para 218. Un exposé analytique et didactique de l'économie et politique de la concurrence A l’heure où la concentration industrielle dans des secteurs comme le numérique suscite l’inquiétude de l’opinion, la question de la régulation de ... Fourth, provide a three-month notice to publishers prior to rolling out important product changes, subject to certain exceptions. L'Autorité de la Concurrence, dans une décision du 19 décembre 2019, avait infligé à l'entreprise Google une sanction pécuniaire de 150 millions d'euros, et enjoint à cette dernière de clarifier la rédaction des règles de fonctionnement de Google Ads, ainsi que la procédure de suspension des comptes. L'Autorité de la concurrence va effectuer un changement de direction, avant d'examiner notamment la fusion TF1/M6, enjeu crucial sur le marché de la publicité et la production audiovisuelle La Pour l'instant, l'Autorité de la concurrence n'est qu'en phase d'examen. Google avait été sanctionné en juillet par l'Autorité de la concurrence française dans le dossier des droits voisins. Le régulateur soulève deux objections : le moteur de recherche n'a pas démarré les négociations avec les éditeurs de presse dans le délai imparti de trois mois, et l'entreprise ne lui a pas Le ton de ce rapport d'enquête, qui sert de base aux décisions de l'Autorité de la concurrence, a conduit Google à mettre en attente les accords individuels, ont déclaré les sources . Associate at Geradin Partners. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Trouvé à l'intérieurCase T-604/18, Google and Alphabet v Commission, Application OJC 445/21. 70. ... Autorité de la Concurrence & Bundeskartellamt, Competition Law and Data, ... Today the French Autorité de la concurrence (the "Autorité") handed down a damning decision finding that Google has failed to comply with an earlier interim measures decision adopted in April 2020 with respect to press publisher's neighboring rights. Second, allow publishers to set different price floors for ads deemed to belong to sensitive categories. The vast majority of publishers eventually authorized Google to display their protected content without any remuneration, while those that did not suffered significant traffic losses. France was the first Member State to transpose the Copyright Directive, which creates a new neighbouring right in favour of press publishers. The Autorité fined Google € 500 million and ordered Google to comply with its interim measures on pain of a daily penalty payment of up to € 900 000. conc. The Autorité’s press release uses very strong language. Lava engulfs . Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. . In response to the French law, Google made it clear it would not pay for publisher protected content, effectively giving publishers two choices: either grant it a royalty-free license to reproduce their protected content or grant no license, in which case Google would not display the protected content in its Search Engine Results Pages. Trouvé à l'intérieurVoir Neelie Kroes, commissaire européenne en charge de la concurrence, ... du Data Transfer Project lancée volontairement en juillet 2018 par Google, ... The Autorité imposed on Google a fine of €220 million and rendered binding a series of commitments ("engagements") proposed… In the first place, the Autorité held that Google has abused its dominant position in publisher ad serving by applying to third-party ad sales platforms (SSPs) less favourable contractual and technical conditions than those applied to its own technologies. L'autorité ajoute que ces pratiques « sont intervenues alors que Google a pourtant été régulièrement alerté sur l'importance du respect des règles de concurrence tant par la Commission . Trouvé à l'intérieur – Page 162facilitated by use of that data in targeted advertising; and (3) Google enabling use ... See also Autorité de la Concurrence and Bundeskartellamt (n 25) 19. This information must include an estimate of the total revenue generated in France by the display of protected content on Google’s services, and indicate the share of revenue generated by the publisher that has requested the offer of remuneration. The penalty was issued in response to mounting international pressure on online platforms to share more of the revenue generated by the use of news from local media outlets. Following referrals from News Corp Inc., Le Figaro group[1] and the Rossel La Voix group, the Autorité de la concurrence issues today a decision sanctioning Google, up to 220 million euros, for having abused its dominant position in the advertising server market for website and mobile applications publishers. En cause : les . L'Autorité de la concurrence française a ordonné ce jeudi 9 avril à Google de conduire, dans un délai de trois mois, "des négociations de bonne foi avec les éditeurs et les agences de . The Autorité also held that Google has used AdX to favour DFP, in that it applies to rival ad servers less favourable technical and contractual conditions than those applied to its own technologies. The practices in question are particularly serious because they penalised Google's competitors in the SSP market and publishers of mobile sites and applications. A Google spokesperson told Politico that the company is close to finalizing a deal with AFP, one of the news agencies mentioned in the Autorité de la concurrence's announcement of the fine . These are issues on which Damien and I have published extensively, hence some readers of the blog may be already familiar with the complex ad tech ecosystem. Google proposed to the Autorité to follow the transaction procedure, whereby Google would not contest the findings in the decision and in return get a discount in the fine imposed (â¬220 million). . Google proposed commitments to improve the interoperability of Google Ad Manager services with third-party ad server and advertising space sales platform solutions and end provisions that favour Google. L'institution veut juste déterminer si Google respecte toujours le texte de loi portant sur les aperçus des articles consultables en ligne. Google violated the obligation of neutrality with respect to other economic relationships, in that it linked discussions about possible compensation for current use of copyright-protected content to discussions about its new Showcase service. L'Autorité de la concurrence a déjà condamné Google pour des motifs similaires à une amende record de 150 millions d'euros en décembre 2019. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. (c) the ability to optimize AdX (it was found that Google used DFP to monitor the deployment of header bidding and the behaviour of rivals to favour AdX). This more favourable treatment is likely to have, and has already had, significant anticompetitive effects in the market for publisher ad servers. Pour l'Autorité de la concurrence, Google « a accordé un traitement préférentiel » de ses technologies sur le marché de la publicité en ligne.C'est pour cette raison que l'autorité . View all posts by Dimitrios Katsifis, Excellent article – does the Authorite reference evidence or documents or materials supporting its decision that “Google’s behavior is part of a deliberate, elaborate and systematic strategy of non-compliance.”. The Autorité then explains the different methods of interoperability between publisher ad servers and ad intermediaries (namely ad networks and ad exchanges/SSPs). In addition, Googleâs conduct has allowed it to retain a high revenue share (20%) without this hindering its growth, at a time when all other rivals have had a lower revenue share or were forced to significantly reduce it. At the heart of the Autorité’s reasoning lay the fact that the French law transposing the Copyright Directive has as its objective to restore the balance of power existing between digital players and media operators by redefining the share of value in favour of the latter. In legal terms, the Autorité similarly qualified Googleâs conduct as a form of anticompetitive leveraging. Isabelle de Silva, President of the Autorité de la concurrence stated on the occasion of this decision: "The decision sanctioning Google has a very special meaning because it is the first decision in the world to look into complex algorithmic auctions processes through which online display advertising works. enter into good faith negotiations with publishers that so desire over remuneration for their protected content (injunction 1) for a period of three months from the request of the publisher (injunction 4) ; communicate the information necessary for the transparent evaluation of the remuneration due (injunction 2); ensure strict neutrality during the negotiations, so as not to affect the indexing, ranking and presentation of the protected content included by Google on these services (injunction 5); and. Introduction. Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); The Platform Law Blog is a blog by Geradin Partners dedicated to digital platforms and the issues they raise for competition policy, regulation and privacy. the Autorité de la Concurrence accused the tech giant of . The Autorité then imposed on Google a series of interim measures. using the negotiations to obtain the production of new content by publishers (via Showcase) and the subscription by the latter to the SwG service, which allows Google to collect additional revenues. La présidente de l'Autorité de la concurrence, dont le mandat n'est pas renouvelé, défend son bilan, notamment face à Google. and the Rossel La Voix group, the Autorité de la concurrence issues today a decision sanctioning Google, up to 220 million euros, for having abused its dominant position in the advertising server market for website and mobile applications publishers. Le montant de l'amende avait fait les gros titres début juillet, et pour cause : les 500 millions d'euros infligés par l'Autorité de la concurrence à Google étaient la sanction la plus élevée jamais donnée par le régulateur français. Rather, Google systematically steered the negotiations towards the conclusion of a global blanket license agreement, the subject matter of which is a new service called “Showcase,” which imposed new obligations on publishers. Third, commit not to use information on rivalsâ bids to adjust its own behaviour, subject to certain exceptions. Trouvé à l'intérieur – Page 53See, for example, the Google Account dashboard (Google, n.d.[142] ) and the information the ... [66] Autorité de la Concurrence and Bundeskartellamt (2016), ... La Cour d'Appel refusa de surseoir à statuer en attendant le résultat de plaintes similaires déposées contre Google, devant la Commission Européenne et l'Autorité allemande de la concurrence. (Aut. Aux termes de la présente décision, l'Autorité de la concurrence sanctionne Google pour avoir abusé de sa position dominante sur le marché de la publicité en ligne liée aux recherches, en violation de l'article L. 420-2 du code de commerce et l'article 102 du Traité sur le fonctionnement de l'Union européenne. Fascinated by tech. Google, which did not dispute the facts, wished to benefit from the settlement procedure. But France has now delivered a very detailed decision of 104 pages which Google does not contest, setting a precedent for other regulators. In addition, one should not forget that Google is right now subject to a series of investigations across the world that focus on the same or related issues, including the UK, the European Commission, Italy, Australia â and perhaps more importantly, the US, where the fight in court with the coalition of US States led by Texas is expected to be brutal. A blog about competition, regulation and privacy in the digital era. La présidente de l'Autorité de la concurrence "un peu surprise" de ne pas être renouvelée. Trouvé à l'intérieur – Page 147Les autorités de la concurrence appuient généralement la réglementation ... La CE a ainsi imposé, en 2018, une amende de USD 5 milliards à Google, ... ( Log Out / L'autorité de la concurrence, à laquelle ils . Google was initially accused of failing to comply with what France calls "neighboring law." This is a system of agreements whereby online newspaper publishers get paid for Google News using their articles. Les mesures prononcées à titre conservatoire par l'Autorité de la concurrence font droit à la plupart de leurs demandes, en enjoignant notamment à Google : - De négocier de bonne foi la mise en œuvre du droit voisin et sa rémunération, dans un délai de 3 mois . Trouvé à l'intérieurAvailable at: www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/11/google-appeals-eu-fine- ... The French Autorité de la concurrence and the German Bundeskartellamt ... Selon l'Autorité de la concurrence, Google a abusé de sa position de force sur le marché de la publicité en ligne. It then held that Google has a dominant position in this market with its DFP ad server, based inter alia on its very high market share ([50-60]% across the EEA in terms of value since 2014 and [60-70]% as of 2019) and the existence of barriers to entry. Article rédigé par franceinfo - Jean Leymarie Trouvé à l'intérieur – Page 38Faire face à la concurrence Après avoir choisi les mots clés de votre site, ... sur les mots clés choisis afin de devenir un site d'Autorité (de référence). These special circumstances may lie in the fact that the two markets are very closely interrelated (which was the case with respect to the markets for publisher ad serving and SSPs) and the dominant firm has a preeminent position on the non-dominated market. On 20 December 2019, the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la Concurrence) (the "Authority") announced its finding that Google had abused its dominant position in the . The case concerns Google’s dispute with French publishers for remuneration of their copyright-protected content, following the transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/790 (the “Copyright Directive”) into French law in 2019. Finally, the Autorité observed that Googleâs conduct did not appear to be objectively justified. Trouvé à l'intérieur – Page 132la publicité en ligne ◊ L'Autorité de la concurrence avait été saisie pour ... En effet, Google, devenu incontournable, certains clients se sont estimés ... On 20 December 2019, the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la Concurrence) (the "Authority") announced its finding that Google had abused its dominant position in the French market for search advertising through the operating rules applied by Google Ads (previously known as AdWords), its auction-based advertising system.The Authority fined Google €150 million and has required . L'Autorité de la concurrence voit rouge. The Autorité first discusses the various actors in the ad tech supply chain, namely publisher ad servers (which are used by publishers to manage their ad space), ad networks (which purchase ad space from publishers and sell it to marketers; these have been largely replaced by ad exchanges), ad exchanges / SSPs (for âSupply Side Platformsâ; these are electronic marketplaces organizing real-time auctions for ads), DSPs (for âDemand Side Platformsâ; these are used by marketers to connect to various SSPs and purchase ads in the auctions), and advertiser ad servers (which are used by marketers to manage and monitor their campaigns). 4 min de lecture. This decision is particularly significant as it is a total repudiation of Google’s strategy of luring news publishers into signing up its new Showcase product in return for a small sum of money and abandoning all claims they had as per their neighbouring rights under the Copyright Directive as transposed in national law. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Again, only time will tell whether this can help restore competition. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. It should be noted that while the remedies are limited in France, Google indicated in a blog post that it will apply them more broadly, including some globally. Isabelle De Silva présidait l'Autorité de la concurrence depuis 2016 et son mandat s'achève le 13 octobre. Google announced Wednesday that it will appeal the €500 million (US $591 million) fine imposed by Autorité de la concurrence ("Autorité"), the French antitrust body, in July. [1] Le Figaro group withdrew its complaint on 6 November 2020. 19-D-26, 19 déc . The Autorité de la concurrence fines Google € 500 million for not complying with interim measures in neighboring rights case. Change ). Le groupe américain écope de cette sanction financière pour abus de position dominante. ". Google may have not formally âpled guiltyâ but it accepted not to contest a decision which establishes that it has breached competition law (and the gravity of the infringement is very serious per the Autorité).