The European Commission held out the possibility on Friday that Microsoft Corp. may face fines up to 5 percent of its average daily turnover unless it complies soon with an EU antitrust decision.
\nLast month Microsoft lost a months-long bid to suspend sanctions for breaking the law and said it would offer a stripped-down version of Windows and share some protocols with rival makers of servers by early February.<\/p>\n
“We obviously expect the remedies to be complied with within a matter of weeks — measured from last December — rather than months,” spokesman Jonathan Todd said on Friday.<\/p>\n
Asked what the Commission can do if the software giant fails to comply, Todd said:<\/p>\n
“The … regulation allows the Commission to decide to impose penalty payments up to 5 percent of Microsoft’s average daily turnover.”<\/p>\n
He also said Microsoft must refrain from contractual terms that would make the unbundled version less attractive.<\/p>\n
The Commission decided 10 months ago that Microsoft abused its virtual monopoly of the Windows operating system and has already fined it 497 million euros ($647.9 million).<\/p>\n
Microsoft has paid the 497 million euros fine.<\/p>\n
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