歐盟對谷歌開出24億歐元反壟斷罰單
Brussels has hit Google with a 2.42bn antitrust fine for abusing its dominance in search, a decision with potentially far-reaching implications for both the tech sector and already-strained transatlantic relations.
歐盟(EU)以濫用搜索主宰地位爲由對谷歌(Google)處以24.2億歐元反壟斷罰款，這一決定可能對科技行業和本已緊張的歐美關係產生深遠影響。The European Commission ended its seven-year competition investigation on Tuesday, concluding that the search group had abused its near-monopoly in online search to “give illegal advantage” to its own shopping service.
歐盟委員會(European Commission)週二結束了長達7年的競爭調查，得出結論稱，這家搜索集團濫用其在網絡搜索領域近乎壟斷的地位，向其自己的購物服務“給予非法優勢”。Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s competition commissioner, said Google “denied other companies the chance to compete” and left consumers without “genuine choice”.
歐盟反壟斷專員瑪格麗特?維斯塔格(Margrethe Vestager)表示，谷歌“拒絕給予其他公司競爭的機會”，並讓消費者失去“真正的選擇”。
“Google’s strategy for its comparison shopping service wasn’t just about attracting customers by making its product better than those of its rivals. Instead, Google abused its market dominance as a search engine by promoting its own comparison shopping service in its search results and demoting those of competitors. What Google has done is illegal under EU antitrust rules.”
“谷歌的比價購物服務戰略不是通過令其產品優於競爭對手來吸引客戶，而是濫用其市場主宰地位，在搜索結果中擡高自己的比價購物服務，降低競爭對手產品的排名。根據歐盟反壟斷規則，谷歌的做法是非法的。”The company has 90 days to make changes and must “refrain from any measure that has the same or an equivalent object or effect”, the commission said.
歐盟委員會表示，谷歌有90天時間做出整改，而且必須“避免採取具有同樣或同等目標或效果的措施”。
Shares in Alphabet, Google’s parent company, fell 1 per cent in early trading in New York.
谷歌母公司Alphabet的股價在紐約早盤下跌1%。The Google probe is one of the most complex and politically charged ever undertaken by Brussels. Although the ruling orders Google to cease the anti-competitive practices, the precise changes required are expected to take months or even years to negotiate. Google can be hit with further non-compliance fines.
此項針對谷歌的調查是歐盟展開的最複雜也最充滿政治意味的調查之一。儘管裁決命令谷歌停止反壟斷實踐，但預計談判達成所需的具體整改措施將耗時數月甚至數年。谷歌可能被處以更多不合規罰款。Google said it disagreed with the findings. “We respectfully disagree with the conclusions announced today. We will review the commission’s decision in detail as we consider an appeal and we look forward to continuing to make our case,” it said.
谷歌表示不同意調查結果。該公司表示：“我們尊重但不同意今日宣佈的結論。我們將詳細審議歐盟委員會的裁決，我們將考慮上訴並期盼着繼續陳述我們的理由。”
