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As an apparent act of good faith, Google today published the details of its antitrust settlement bid with the European Union. The release comes after the EU declined to conduct a full market test by circulating Googles commitments to the interested parties in the case, and may serve to ease fears from advocacy groups that the search giant is aiming to take advantage of its competitors. Google reached a tentative agreement with European regulators last week, allowing that it would display search results from three of its competitors along with its own promoted results. The proposal was well-received by EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia, who said, I believe that the new proposal obtained from Google after long and difficult talks can now address the commissions concerns. However, the decision to not conduct a full market test angered lobby groups Fairsearch and ICOMP, with the latter calling a settlement without a third-party review a massive failure.