For Justice, it is not an illegal taxi . A UberPop driver prosecuted for illegally practicing the activity of taxi operator was acquitted, Thursday, June 11, by the Paris Criminal Court. This is the first judgment in corrections on the issue.
The court found that “the expensive transportation of a person is not sufficient to characterize the taxi operator trading” , among others because the drivers do not UberPop marauding on public roads, unlike taxis. Denounced by taxis as unfair competition, the service developed by the company VTC connects its clients with private individuals by car via an application. Uber and earned numerous brushes with the law.
Why the driver was he judged Corrections?
In May, some 150 drivers UberPop files were also being investigated in Paris. Some have already resulted, via simplified procedures (criminal orders or compositions), to fines of several hundred euros. There the UberPop driver was prosecuted for illegally practicing the activity of taxi operator.
In the reasons for its judgment, the Paris court said that “The Constitutional Council has clearly stressed that the taxi business, which is exercised in a particular regulated framework, can be likened to any individual transport activity, but is to park and drive on public roads in search of customers as recalled by the law Thévenoud 1 October 2014 “.
The debates have shown that the driver continued UberPop ” did not circulate in search of clients, nor does it parked since ” in his two arrests in January and February, “it carried a person who booked the car through the UberPop application” .
The implementation UberPop she is not supposed to be forbidden?
Indeed. The entry into force of Thévenoud law regulating competition with taxis January 1, 2015 prohibits de facto application UberPop, as offering pay transportation between individuals. But American society Uber disputes the validity of the text before the Constitutional Council and (if necessary) bring the matter before the European Court. “And as long as the issue will not be finally determined, Uber will maintain UberPop” says the journalist of France 2, Loubna Anaki:
UberPop does she face other legal troubles?
In Lille, northern prefect issued an order prohibiting UberPop. “The passenger transport activity is legally framed, reports this decision. The people in charge of the transportation of persons are required to be registered in the commercial register and crafts, declare their tax and labor income and have an insurance policy covering all the risks inherent in this business. ” Gold says the prefecture, “persons controlled in metropolitan Lille could not provide supporting documents and are therefore in a situation of undeclared work.”
After launching the service in Nantes and Marseille on Monday and anger taxis, the two prefectures of Loire-Atlantique and the Rhone delta has also moved orders to recall the illegality of UberPop. The prefects and remember that drivers may face criminal penalties (up to one year in prison and a fine of 15 000 euros). They also announced tighter controls for “punish such offenses” .
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