VTC: new complaint of US Uber against France in Brussels – Boursorama

VTC: new complaint of US Uber against France in Brussels – Boursorama

Using the application Uber smartphone to book a car with driver, in Paris on 10 December 2014 (AFP / File / Eliot Blondet)

The controversial US company cars with drivers (VTC) Uber filed a new complaint against France before the European Commission and is ready to do the same against Germany and Spain line indicates the newspaper Les Echos.

Via this second complaint against France after one studied in December by Brussels, giant passenger vehicle with driver wants to get “the opening of an infringement procedure against the French government” to achieve “the cancellation of the law on taxis and transport vehicles with driver (VTC)” enacted in early October, according to Les Echos.

“The measures prescribed by law seriously infringe a number of basic provisions and principles of the law of the European Union,” according to an excerpt of the complaint which Echos obtained a copy.

Two other complaints, one to Germany and one in Spain, “will soon follow,” the newspaper said.

Uber offers including Uberpop service that connects passengers and motorists who are not professional drivers via a smartphone application.

It raises tension with traditional taxis, especially in Europe, and met strong legal, from Germany to Spain through Thailand and South Korea.

Founded in 2009 in California, Uber is now present in over 200 cities and 54 countries, against only 60 cities and 21 countries there a year.

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