This effectively confirms the injunction in effect against Uber and suspends any company activities with the association stating the court had taken into account “solid and very strong arguments both as regards the illegal nature of such competition, the risk to the public in general, the payment of the taxes due and the opaque manner in which the service is made available.”
ANTRAL closed with a call on Uber’s “management to show good sense and respect to judicial decisions” and that the authorities “ensure the law is upheld and avoid events involving legitimate self-defence that, unfortunately, had to happen in France before the government moved to detain the Uber management”.
In turn, Uber told Lusa News Agency that they had taken receipt “of confirmation on behalf of the court that the injunction imposed on Uber Technologies would remain in effect”.
The Uber representative said that ANTRAL had taken legal action against Uber Technologies Inc., which operated only in the United States and that it had claimed Uber was providing a similar pop-up service to that available there.
In fact, “that is at the basis of the judge’s decision against Uber but which does not exist here in Portugal” where the company worked only with “accredited partners, such as unmarked taxis, rent-a-car firms and tourism operators” with the technology firm promising it would proceed with further legal action to get the injunction lifted.