Ride-sharing app Uber is pulling out of Denmark in April after failing to convince the government to exempt it from taxicab regulations.
“The government is passing a new law that will essentially make our business untenable here,” said Uber spokesperson Harry Porter, CNN reported Tuesday.
One provision of the new law would allow only 125 new drivers to be licensed in a three-month period, CNN said. On top of that, all Uber vehicles would need to be equipped with meters and video surveillance equipment, CNN said.
While Danes will no longer be able to catch an Uber come April 18, a data center that company operates in the city of Aarhus will remain operational, reported CNN.
Uber has faced other legal and regulatory hurdles in Europe. In June, a French court ruled that Uber was operating as an illegal car service.
Even in the generally business-friendlier United Kingdom, Uber has had a rough going of late.
A U.K. court last year found that Uber drivers are employees, not private contractors, and as such are entitled to certain wage and benefit protections under British law. Earlier this month, Uber faced a setback in the U.K. High Court when that tribunal upheld a London regulation requiring drivers pass an English-proficiency test.
• Ken Shepherd can be reached at kshepherd@washingtontimes.com.
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