--- title: Uber Suspends Operations in Spain description: Uber suspends ridesharing operations after judge's ruling canonical: https://time.com/3651094/uber-pop-spain/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-31T15:59:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:04:03.614Z article:section: Business og:title: Uber Suspends Operations in Spain og:description: Uber suspends ridesharing operations after judge's ruling og:url: https://time.com/3651094/uber-pop-spain/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt292afc2697bd06cf/6987777ee53aba8ed84d6c5d/453253488.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Hamptons Lure Uber Top Drivers Amid NYC Slow Summer Weekends og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Uber Suspends Operations in Spain twitter:description: Uber suspends ridesharing operations after judge's ruling twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt292afc2697bd06cf/6987777ee53aba8ed84d6c5d/453253488.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Uber Hits a Speed Bump in Spain  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Dec 31, 2014 3:59 PM CUT  Th Uber app hailing a car in New York on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. Th Uber app hailing a car in New York on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014.Victor J. Blue—Bloomberg / Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Dec 31, 2014 3:59 PM CUT Uber temporarily suspended its operations in Spain on Wednesday after a judge ruled that its low-cost ride-sharing service UberPop did not comply with Spanish laws and could create unfair competition for local taxi drivers. The Spanish judge ordered both telecommunications operators and banks to stop supporting Uber’s services. Uber said on its [blog](http://blog.uber.com/decision-uberpop%5FEN "undefined") that the company received the formal ruling Tuesday and plans to appeal. The $40-billion company has already begun to work with Spanish politicians to create the legal framework that would accommodate Uber’s ride-booking services, the company said. This is just the latest of many setbacks for Uber, which has faced opposition from taxi drivers and policy makers around the world. Uber is also appealing court rulings in Germany and Belgium, though it’s continuing to operate in those countries during the appeals process. **Read more:** [These are the best times to hail an Uber on New Year’s Eve](http://time.com/3649455/new-years-eve-uber/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3651094/uber-pop-spain/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3651094/uber-pop-spain/"},"headline":"Uber Hits a Speed Bump in Spain","datePublished":"2014-12-31T15:59:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:04:03.614Z","description":"Suspends operations after judge's ruling","url":"https://time.com/3651094/uber-pop-spain/","keywords":["Tech","Business topic","Companies","Uber"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt292afc2697bd06cf/6987777ee53aba8ed84d6c5d/453253488.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt292afc2697bd06cf/6987777ee53aba8ed84d6c5d/453253488.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Hamptons Lure Uber Top Drivers Amid NYC Slow Summer Weekends","caption":"The Hamptons Lure Uber Top Drivers Amid NYC Slow Summer Weekends","creditText":"Victor J. Blue—Bloomberg / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3651094/uber-pop-spain/","name":"Uber Hits a Speed Bump in Spain"}}]}] ```