Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 20 December 2017

Asociación Profesional Elite Taxi v Uber Systems Spain, SL

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado Mercantil de Barcelona

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 56 TFEU — Article 58(1) TFEU — Services in the field of transport — Directive 2006/123/EC — Services in the internal market — Directive 2000/31/EC — Directive 98/34/EC — Information society services — Intermediation service to connect, by means of a smartphone application and for remuneration, non-professional drivers using their own vehicle with persons who wish to make urban journeys — Requirement for authorisation

Case C-434/15


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
09/02/2018 Asociación Profesional Elite Taxi
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2017:981
20/12/2017 Asociación Profesional Elite Taxi
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2017:981
20/12/2017 Asociación Profesional Elite Taxi
Application (OJ)
16/10/2015 Asociación Profesional Elite Taxi
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2017:364
11/05/2017 Asociación Profesional Elite Taxi
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.02 Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.11 Information and communication technologies
      4.11.11.02 Information society
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.04 Free movement of persons and services
    4.04.03 Freedom to provide services
      4.04.03.01 The various services
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.04 Free movement of persons and services
    4.04.03 Freedom to provide services
      4.04.03.01 The various services
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.07 Transport
    4.07.01 Common transport policy


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 07/08/2015

Date of the Opinion

  • 11/05/2017

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

20/12/2017


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 72 from 26.02.2018, p.2

Application: OJ C 363 from 03.11.2015, p.21

Name of the parties

Asociación Profesional Elite Taxi

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Ahtik, Meta ; Hojnik, Janja: Digitalna ekonomija: bitcoin, internet stvari in Uber, Podjetje in delo 2017 nº 6-7 p.1089-1102 (SL)
  2. Simon, Perrine: Uber saisi par le droit du marché intérieur, Revue des affaires européennes 2017 p.521-532 (FR)
  3. Carta, Cinzia: Uber face à la compétition économique et au respect des règles de droit, Revue des affaires européennes 2017 p.757-763 (FR)
  4. Trillo Párraga, Francisco: Uber ¿Sociedad de la información o prestadora de servicios de transporte? Comentario a la sentencia del Tribunal de Justicia (Gran Sala), de 20 de diciembre de 2017, Revista de derecho social 2017 nº 80 p.127-138 (ES)
  5. Renders, David ; De Valkeneer, Delphine: Arrêt " Asociación Profesional Elite Taxi " : Uber, un service de transport freiné dans sa course ?, Journal de droit européen 2018 nº 246 p.47-48 (FR)
  6. Bensoussan-Brulé, Virginie ; Martinez, Baptiste: Uber: qualification de service dans le domaine des transports, Droit de l'immatériel : informatique, médias, communication 2018 nº 145 p.17-21 (FR)
  7. Hacker, Philipp: UberPop, UberBlack, and the Regulation of Digital Platforms after the Asociación Profesional Elite Taxi Judgment of the CJEU, European Review of Contract Law 2018 Vol. 14 p.80-96 (EN)
  8. Devaux, Caroline: Uber, une plateforme numérique pas comme les autres : commentaire de l'arrêt Asociación Profesional Elite Taxi contre Uber Systems Spain, 20 décembre 2017, aff. C-434/15, L'Observateur de Bruxelles 2018 p.59-63 (FR)
  9. Strowel, Alain: Arrêts Uber : stop aux plateformes, Journal de droit européen 2018 nº 249 p.165 (FR)
  10. König, Carsten: Verfahrensrecht: Beförderungstätigkeit von Uber Popstrafrechtliche Sanktionen der Mitgliedstaaten ohne Mitteilung an EU möglich, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2018 p.380-381 (DE)
  11. Wimmer, Norbert: "Uber" regulierung in Europa ? - Anmerkungen zu EuGH C-434/15 (Uber Spain), Computer und Recht 2018 p.239-245 (DE)
  12. Tans, S.: Onder de motorkap van Uber blijkt een taxi te zitten; gevolgen van de Europeesrechtelijke kwalificatie van Uber als transportdienstverlener, S.E.W. : Tijdschrift voor Europees en economisch recht 2018 p.230-233 (NL)
  13. Botman, M.R.: Uber: online dienst of vervoersbedrijf?, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2018 p.21-27 (NL)
  14. Schaub, Martien Y.: Why Uber is an information society service, Journal of European Consumer and Market Law 2018 p.109-115 (EN)
  15. Palmieri, Alessandro: Uber Pop: fine delle corse in (mezza) Europa?, Il Foro italiano 2018 IV Col.95-99 (IT)
  16. Dommering, E.J.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2018 Afl.40 p.5615-5617 (NL)
  17. Skubic, Zoran: Uber je po pravu Unije "navadna" taksi služba, Pravna praksa 2018 nº 1 p.28-29 (SL)
  18. Vlačič, Patrick: Ali je Uber res super?, Pravna praksa 2018 nº 6 p.6-8 (SL)
  19. Hatzopoulos, Vassilis: La première prise de position de la Cour en matière d'économie collaborative, Revue trimestrielle de droit européen 2018 p.273-283 (FR)
  20. Turci, Matteo: «Sulla natura dei servizi offerti dalle piattaforme digitali: il caso Uber», La nuova giurisprudenza civile commentata 2018 I p.1088-1093 (IT)
  21. Diverio, Davide: Se Uberpop è un servizio di trasporto un via libera (condizionato) alla sua regolamentazione da parte degli Stati membri, Rivista italiana di diritto del lavoro 2018 II p.410-418 (IT)
  22. Finck, Michèle: Distinguishing internet platforms from transport services: Elite Taxi v. Uber Spain, Common Market Law Review 2018, Volume 55, Issue 5, p. 1619-1639 (EN)
  23. Valgaeren, Erik ; Michielsen, Carolien: Platform, niet uniform ?, Revue de droit commercial belge 2018 N°8 p.909-912 (NL)
  24. Hojnik, Janja: Sodelovalno gospodarstvo in delitvena ekonomija: pojmi in potreba po evropskem pristopu, Podjetje in delo 2018 nº 6-7 p.965-977 (SL)
  25. Bagińska, Ewa ; Majkowska-Szulc, Sylwia: Granice prawne „uberyzacji” – glosa do wyroku Trybunału Sprawiedliwości z 20.12.2017 r., C-434/15, Asociación Profesional Elite Taxi przeciwko Uber Systems Spain SL, Europejski Przegląd Sądowy 2018 Vol. 5 p.30-36 (PL)
  26. Vaira, Davide: Il caso Uber nel mercato unico digitale, La Comunità internazionale 2018 p.429-443 (IT)
  27. Correia, Vincent: XX. Droit des transports - Cour de justice, gde ch., 20 décembre 2017, Asociación Profesional Elite Taxi, aff. C‑434/15, ECLI:EU:C:2017:981, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2017. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2018, p. 936-941 (FR)
  28. Daniel, Élise: Prestation de services - Service d'intermédiation, Europe 2018, Février nº 2, Comm. 65 (FR)
  29. Hatzopoulos, Vassilis: After Uber Spain : The EU's Approach on the Sharing Economy in Need of Review ?, European Law Review 2019 Vol.44 N°1 p.88-98 (EN)
  30. Šilec, Sašo: Obligacijskopravna vprašanja prevoza z Uberjem, Podjetje in delo 2019 nº XLV p.306-347 (SL)
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  32. Hatzopoulos, Vassilis: After Uber Spain : The EU's Approach on the Sharing Economy in Need of Review?, European Current Law 2019 Part 5 nº 413-422 (EN)
  33. Grozdanovski, Ljupcho: Les services fournis par les plateformes numériques : quelle qualification juridique pour quels enjeux ?, Journal des tribunaux 2020 p. 449-455 (FR)
  34. Sieradzka, Małgorzata: Asociación Profesional Elite Taxi vs Uber Systems Spain SL : differences between the internet platform and the transport service : case C-434/15, Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 2020 Vol. 11 nº 5-6 p. 263-266 (EN)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Juzgado de lo Mercantil nº 3 de Barcelona - Spain

Subject-matter

  • Freedom of movement for persons
  • - Freedom of establishment
  • Freedom to provide services
  • Internal market - Principles
  • Approximation of laws
  • Consumer protection

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

Grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Šváby

Advocate General

Szpunar

Language(s) of the Case

  • Spanish

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French