Uber no longer operates UberPOP in Spain. Pictured are Spanish taxi drivers protesting in Madrid in April.
BRUSSELS/LUXEMBOURG: Uber faces the biggest challenge yet to its European roll-out after the region's top court was advised to rule that the US ride-hailing firm is actually a transport service not an app.
Although the opinion of the Court of Justice of the European Union's (ECJ) Advocate General Maciej Szpunar is non-binding, its judges usually follow such advice and are likely to reach a final ruling in the landmark case in the coming months.
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