The European Court of Justice’s decision means that Uber and other similar services must comply with the same costly regulations that govern taxi companies. Services like Uber’s are "inherently linked to a transport service,” the Luxembourg-based high court said, and therefore must be classified as "a service in the field of transport" within EU law. The decision could affect such ride-hailing services around the 28-nation EU, where national governments can now regulate services like Uber as transport companies. "If it looks like a taxi company, and acts like a taxi company it probably is a taxi company," tweeted Britain's Green Party. The taxi drivers said Uber was engaging in unfair competition by operating without the necessary licenses.

Source: Fox News December 20, 2017 10:05 UTC