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Uber and France spar over whether company is a transport service

The US company told Europe's top court that it was a digital service and thus not subject to a 2014 French law on taxis.

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U.S. ride-hailing app Uber has told Europe's top court that it was a digital service, not a transport service, and that a French law clearly targeted online taxi services, in its latest European legal battle with the taxi industry, reports Reuters.

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