Microsoft again tried to avoid EU sanctions

The European Union (EU) said Microsoft has just "submitted" documents at the request of the European Commission (EC) to avoid further penalties for failing to fully comply with the rulings of antitrust lawsuits. .

The European Commission said it is now studying the files that Microsoft has submitted and will soon decide whether the world's largest software firm has fully complied with the ruling and has suffered more. Any other fine or not.

" We have received technical documentation from Microsoft and we have reviewed with authorized partners to monitor Microsoft's compliance with the judgment. At this time it is still too early to talk about if Microsoft has to pay any more penalties, and if Microsoft has to pay more, how much the penalty will be, "said European Commission spokesman Michael Mann in a press conference.

Meanwhile, Microsoft said it has provided a total of 2,600 documents to demonstrate that it is implementing commitments to fully enforce antitrust lawsuits with the EC in March 2004.

" We are working with supervisory agencies to ensure that all documents will fully comply with the Committee's requirements. We are also available to respond immediately and to all requests for additional supply. information, "stated Microsoft's statement.

Earlier this month, the European Union decided to fine Microsoft 356 million dollars for failing to fully comply with the rulings of the March 2004 antitrust lawsuit. Under these rulings, Microsoft must provide some important information about its products to competitors. At the same time, the EU warned Microsoft that it would be fined if it still did not comply with those decisions.

Penalties for non-compliance with EU rulings are applied from July 12. This is also the first type of penalty of this type and has reached a record fine of 497 million euros.

According to EC rulings, Microsoft took advantage of the dominance of the WIndows operating system to squeeze competitors. If Microsoft continues to fail to comply with those decisions, the company may face a fine of up to 3 million euros a day.

The decision to adopt a daily penalty is seen as one of the EU's efforts to force Microsoft to comply with the rulings when the company has had a period of two years to fulfill the requirements. But Microsoft still gave up.

Meanwhile, Microsoft said the company has made great efforts to comply with EU rulings. They needed up to 300 people to complete the required information files.

However, the long-running war between the EU and Microsoft will probably still last longer. Every reaction of the two goes in a tricky manner.

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