Google won a European Union court order that prevents local search service Yelp Inc. from teaming up with the EU at a legal challenge of a 2017 antitrust fine.

The EU’s General Court said Yelp "cannot be directly affected" by the EU’s ruling over Google’s comparison-shopping search service, according to a filing published on its website.

It also rejected requests to intervene in the case from U.S.-based nonprofit Consumer Watchdog, digital advertiser Connexity Inc. and from two groups, ICOMP and FairSearch, which the court said couldn’t prove they represented businesses affected by the EU probe. FairSearch’s members include Oracle Corp., Naspers Ltd. and TripAdvisor Inc.