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Judge bans all Uber operations in Spain



In his ruling on the ban, the judge said Uber drivers lacked the necessary authorization to drive vehicles and acted as unfair competition to the existing taxi industry.

The move comes after legal action was taken against the California-based company by the Madrid Taxi Association.

The judge said his ruling was not a philosophical statement on the free market or the sharing economy but was a precautionary measure based on existing Spanish law.

The position of Uber was not heard in court as the company is domiciled in the US state of Delaware for tax purposes.

The ban is the latest salvo in the battle against Uber in Spain. Both Madrid and Barcelona have previously announced financial sanctions against Uber drivers, while Catalonia recently said it was considering impounding vehicles with drivers having to pay €6,000 ($7,500) to have their cars released.

The Spain ban also comes a day after the taxi-booking app was banned in Dehli because of the alleged rape of a passenger by an Uber driver.

source: http://www.thelocal.es/20141209/judge-o ... -uber-ban#

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

It is not easy to get a taxi license in Spain and it is very expensive. As far as i am aware there is no private hire as such in Spain. There is quite a lot of pirate hire, mainly from the British ex pat community.

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Grandad,

Hopefully the rest of the EU countries will take note of this judge's words and act accordingly.

Spain doesn't have PH does it? Therefore the taxi bookings were passed to unlicensed drivers and vehicles?

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin