Overview

• On June 17 at 11:00 a.m., Uber began operating in Vigo without municipal or regional authorization after requesting a license last month.
• The Asociación de Autopatronos del Taxi de Vigo collected vehicle license plates and photographs and submitted the evidence to Local Police, the Concello and Xunta de Galicia.
• Local Police officers stopped at least one Uber driver during a city trip and could pursue sanctions for unauthorized service.
• Xunta de Galicia regulations limit VTC services to interurban routes, meaning Uber’s intra-city operations violate regional rules.
• Uber’s Spain and Portugal director cited over 700,000 regional users in the past year to justify the launch and offered taxi drivers free access to its customer database through September 30.