The prosecution requested Friday one million euro fine against the company Uber France, pursued its controversial application to transport between UberPOP individuals.
respectively 50 000 and 70 000 euros fine were also required against its CEO, Simphal Thibaud, and the director of Uber for Western Europe at the material time Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, backed by a management ban for five years. Uber faces a maximum sentence of 1.5 million euro fine.
Some accused the “standard response”
The company and its two leaders notably prosecuted for “illegal organization of a customer matchmaking system with people who engage in road transport persons for remuneration “without a transport company, a taxi or a private car with driver (VTC), offense under Thévenoud Act of 1 October 2014.
Simphal Thibaud, CEO of Uber France, May 19, 2015 in Paris.
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in his closing speech, the representative of the public prosecutor has sought to dismantle point by point the arguments of the defense, which argues the release . she expressed her frustration and annoyance of his face the “standard response” of the accused, whom she criticized, among others, have put in contact customers with individuals, who, for a fee, using their private vehicle to transport without paying loads
“the ruin taxis”
Other reasons for prosecution. deceptive trade practices, Uber seeing reproach advertisements who mistakenly showed UberPOP as lawful, the illegal practice complicity of the taxi trade and the illegal processing and preservation of computer data and recording personal data. In this case, that of identity cards and driving licenses of drivers, their criminal records and a database on apprehension of drivers.
Striking taxi-drivers show, Porte Maillot, January 27, 2016 in Paris.
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Among the lawyers of taxi unions, who stepped plaintiffs, Jean-Paul Levy denounced a “predatory economic model” that thrives on “ruin taxis.” for the CGT-taxis, Luc Brossolet described Uber as “a system that does everything to escape the law,” a “eel” that engages in a “wild competition”.
a second conviction for UberPOP?
on July 3, a few days after the detention of Thibault Simphal and Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty late June, Uber announced the suspension of UberPOP, to the great satisfaction of taxis.
following the arguments of the defense lawyers, the court should make its reserved judgment.
Uber France has already been condemned by the court of appeal of Paris under UberPOP, December 7, 150 000 euros fine for “misleading commercial practice”. The company presented this pay offer transportation as carpooling.
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