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EU competition round-up: European Commission fines Google €2.95bn for adtech abuse of dominance (Art 102 TFEU); merger clearances, notifications and upcoming dates (5 September 2025)

Published on: 05 September 2025

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Antitrust Commission penalises Google €2.95bn for abuse of dominance in the adtech sector

The Commission adopted an infringement decision and imposed a €2.95bn fine on Google for breaching Article 102 TFEU by distorting competition in advertising technology through self-preferencing practices (AT.40670).

Background

The adtech ecosystem supplies digital tools that advertisers and publishers rely on to place real-time ads not tied to a search query, such as banner advertising on newspaper websites (display ads). In particular, the sector offers three core tools:

  • Publisher ad servers used by publishers to manage advertising space across their websites and apps.
  • Programmatic ad buying tools for advertisers to run automated advertising campaigns.
  • Ad exchanges where publishers and advertisers meet in real-time, typically via auctions, to buy and sell display ads.

Google’s main source of revenue is online advertising: it sells advertising space on its own websites and apps, and it also intermediates between advertisers wishing to place online ads and third-party publishers that can provide such space...

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