Uber in further setback in EU

Uber Technologies suffered another setback in the EU after an adviser to the European Court of Justice backed a French law that led to sanctions for top managers in the country.

EU nations “may prohibit and punish the illegal exercise of a transport activity such as UberPop without having to notify the” European Commission of the draft law, Maciej Szpunar, an advocate general at the EU Court of Justice, said in a non-binding opinion.

Mr Szpunar rejected Uber’s claims that the rules were invalid because France didn’t notify the EU in advance about the measures, saying in this case such a notification was “unnecessary.”