Legal battle – the key developments

how it manages ads. APRIL 2013 - Google offers changes in the hope of ending the investigation. JULY-DECEMBER 2013 - After feedback from complainants, the EU twice rejects Google’s offer to change its search results as not good enough. FEBRUARY 2014 - The EU and Google reach a tentative agreement on how to fix the search results. This keeps Google from paying a fine. MAY 2014 - In a separate case, the European Court of Justice rules that Google must consider EU citizens’ requests to remove irrelevant or embarrassing personal information that pops up on a search of their names. SEPTEMBER 2014 - After receiving complaints from Google’s competitors, the EU appears to make a U-turn on its settlement with Google on search results, declaring it insufficient. APRIL 2015 - After five years of investigations and talks, EU formally charges Google with abusing its dominant position in search results, a step up in the legal battle. It also opens a preliminary investigation into whether Google uses its Android mobile operating system to rig the market for apps. APRIL 2016 - The EU charges Google with using Android to gain market advantage in mobile apps. JUNE 2017 - The EU fines Google a record 2.42 billion euros (£2.12bn) for breaching antitrust rules with its online shopping service.

It says Google abused its market dominance as a search engine by giving an illegal advantage to its own comparison shopping service.