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The Court of Justice of the EU rules that limiting the number of licences for private-hire vehicles within the AMB is contrary to European Union Law

On 8 June 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published the long-awaited judgment in case C-50/21, Prestige and Limousine, concerning the local regulation of PHV services within the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB) (Reglamento de ordenación de la actividad de transporte urbano discrecional de viajeros discrecional de viajeros con conductor de…

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According to Advocate General’s conclusions on Case C-50/21, the limitation of the number of hire vehicles licences in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona violates freedom of establishment.

Both taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs) carry out local private transport services and, in Spain, in the recent years, PHVs have found their way into intra-urban transport, in addition to the inter-urban transport activity they already performed. As a result, the traditional taxi model, protected from competition thanks to the State intervention, is being…