BRUSSELS, Sept 5 (Reuters) - An adviser to Europe's top

court on Thursday agreed with Italy's antitrust authority that

Google's refusal to allow an e-mobility app developed by Enel

access to its Android Auto platform may breach

competition rules.

The Italian antitrust authority fined Alphabet

unit Google 102 million euros ($113.2 million) in 2021 for

blocking Enel's JuicePass on Android Auto, software allowing

drivers to navigate with maps on their car dashboards and send

messages while behind the wheel.

Google cited security concerns and the absence of a specific

template for refusing to make JuicePass compatible with Android

Auto.

It challenged the antitrust ruling at the Italian Council of

State, which subsequently sought guidance from the

Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union.

"Google's refusal to provide third-party access to Android

Auto platform may be in breach of competition rules," Court

Advocate General Laila Medina said.

Medina said an undertaking abuses its dominant position if

its conduct excludes, obstructs or delays access by an app

developed by a third-party operator to the platform, provided

that that conduct can produce anti-competitive effects to the

detriment of consumers and is not objectively justified.

CJEU judges, who will rule in the coming months, usually

follow the majority of such non-binding opinions. The case is

C-233/23 Alphabet and Others.

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