By Foo Yun Chee

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Alphabet’s Google is likely to be hit with its second fine under landmark EU tech rules in the coming months, and the European Commission is now drafting its decision, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Acting as the EU’s competition enforcer, the Commission handed Google a 2.95-billion-euro ($3.45 billion) fine earlier this month for favouring its online display technology services and reinforcing its ad exchange AdX’s central role to the detriment of rivals and online publishers.

The second, looming fine relates to charges brought in March that Google favoured its vertical search engines such as Google Shopping, Google Flights and Google Hotels over rivals.

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