Uber Loses at EU Court Again as Challenge to French Law Fails

• French case concerns local law that targeted UberPop • Ruling reaffirms previous decision that Uber is a taxi service

Uber Technologies Inc. suffered another setback at the European Union’s top court after EU judges rejected a challenge to a French law that led to criminal fines against the company’s top managers in the country.

“EU nations may prohibit and punish the illegal exercise of a transport service such as UberPop without having to notify” the European Commission in advance of the draft legislation, the EU Court of Justice said in a binding ruling on Tuesday. Uber challenged the legality of the French ...