The highest administrative court had already suspended in February this decree, contested by the VTC who felt too favorable to taxis. Four companies VTC (Allocab, The Cab Driver-private SnapCar) had before the Council of State, who said on Wednesday in support of its decision, that the state was not allowed to impose VTC this condition restricting its activity.
“The State Council believes that the government was not allowed to be added to the VTC system of the new conditions that restrict their activity. It therefore considers that the requirement of a minimum of fifteen minutes between booking the vehicle and customer support, which is not required by law and goes beyond the legal requirement for reservation is illegal. “
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” UNFAIR COMPETITION “
Representatives of taxis demanded since 2012 supervising VTC that make them, they say, “unfair competition” by offering courses on reservation from mobile application. Unlike taxis, VTC are not subject to regulated tariffs and should not pay a license whose value exceeds 200 000 euros. But they can not charge customers on the fly
To separate the two activities. – Races reservation or not – taxis demanded the introduction of a delay of more than an hour. After months of discussions, the government decided in late 2013 to publish the decree despite the legal risks.
While the State Council examined the use of VTC, a new law governing their activity and that of taxis was enacted in early October. But it is already in issue, including the Uber company, attacked for “unfair competition” before the Commercial Court of Paris, received the transmission to the Court of Cassation two priority issues constitutionality on whether this text, the “Thévenoud law” , respected the principles of equality and freedom of enterprise.
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