By Damien Geradin –
This paper addresses some of the misconceptions about the nature of Uber’s services, as well as encouraging a facts-based approach to the regulation of these services. Such a facts-based approach is particularly important at a time where the CJEU has been asked to deliver a preliminary ruling on questions related to the legal nature of Uber’s services. Moreover, the EU seems at a cross-road with innovative, forward-looking regulations being adopted in some Member States, which allow Uber to offer its services, while ensuring that the public interest is preserved. T…