France, July 2 -- The Court of Justice of the European Union announced on Thursday that it had rejected the appeal brought by Google against a 2022 ruling by the EU's General Court, which upheld the bulk of the European Commission's case over the company's Android mobile operating system.

"The appeal brought by Google and its parent company Alphabet against the judgment of the General Court is dismissed, thereby confirming the penalty imposed for Google Search's abuse of a dominant position in the context of the Android operating system," the Luxembourg-based court said.

The decision leaves in place the €4.1 billion penalty - still the largest anti-trust fine ever imposed by the EU - and brings to a close a case that has lasted ei...