French Competition Authority Fines Google €250M for Breaching Commitments

The French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence) has fined Google €250 million for failing to comply with commitments made in June 2022. The Autorité found that Google breached its commitment to cooperate with the monitoring trustee and failed to comply with four of its seven commitments aimed at ensuring good faith negotiations and transparent assessment of remuneration for related rights.