PARIS—Car-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc. won a loosening of France’s strict transport rules Wednesday when a court overturned a decree banning car services from showing the locations of available vehicles, a well-known feature of Uber’s app. France’s Conseil d’Etat, the country’s highest administrative court, struck down the part of a government decree that banned the showing of locations of available cars. The court said providing the locations represents an “information society service.” Under European Union law, countries...
PARIS's top administrative court has upheld the right for Uber to show the location of available vehicles to potential customers, dealing a blow to a law pushed by taxi drivers who say the app-based ride-hailing company is competing unfairly.