Google has asked the EU's General Court to suspend an order requiring it to open its search results and data to AI chatbots and rival search engines. The request, filed with the Luxembourg-based court, targets remedies imposed under Europe's Digital Markets Act (DMA).

The application landed on the docket of the General Court, the EU's first-instance tribunal. Google is seeking interim relief. That means suspension of the Commission's decision while the substantive appeal runs its course. The company argues the obligations bite now, and that delay would defeat the purpose of its challenge.

What did the Commission order Google to do?

The European Commission, acting as the DMA's enforcement body, required Google to make its search index, data and interfaces available to competitors. The order covers two categories of beneficiaries: rival general search services and, notably, generative AI chatbots.

The DMA designates Google's parent Alphabet as a gatekeeper for search. Gatekeepers must guarantee interoperability and data access under Article 6 obligations. The Commission found Google's compliance proposals insufficient and imposed specific remedies.

The remedies mark a turning point. This is the first time an EU regulator has forced a dominant search operator to share the raw material of its index with conversational AI products.

Why is Google seeking suspension?

Google contends the mandated access would cause it irreparable harm, the standard test for interim measures in EU procedural law. The company says competitors, including AI chatbot developers, would gain free use of Google's index and investment while the main case proceeds.

In its filing, Google asks the court to suspend the operative effects of the Commission decision pending judgment. Reuters first reported the application.

Interim relief at the General Court requires proof of urgency and serious harm. The President of the Court, or a judge sitting as President, typically decides such applications. A ruling on suspension often arrives within months, well before the full merits hearing.

What does the case change for practitioners?

For competition counsel, the challenge tests how far DMA data-access remedies reach into the AI value chain. If the suspension fails, Google must build compliant access channels for chatbot developers immediately. If it succeeds, rivals face continued delay in securing index data through legal compulsion.

The case also signals a broader strategy: gatekeepers are now litigating DMA remedies line by line, rather than negotiating solely through the compliance dialogue.

What happens next?

The General Court will rule on the interim application first. The substantive annulment action follows, and either side can appeal to the Court of Justice. The outcome will shape how AI firms obtain training and retrieval data from dominant platforms across the single market.