The company plans to remove access to UberPop from its mobile app in France from 8 p.m. local time Friday, it said in a blog post.
UberPop allows passengers to hail rides from unlicensed drivers and is similar to the Uber X service offered in the United States and other countries.
Uber has been disrupting transportation markets around the world — nowhere more so than in Paris, where taxi drivers recently blocked highways and airport entrances with burning tires in protest at the company’s behavior.
