The Council of State gives reason to the VTC – The Point

The State Council said Wednesday it has definitively canceled a decree imposing a 15-minute delay between booking and decision in charge of the client, imposed on passenger cars with driver (VTC). The highest administrative court had already suspended in February this decree contested by the VTC who felt too favorable to taxis, and Wednesday, she said, in support of its decision, that the state was not allowed to impose VTC to this condition restricting their activity. The Council of State had been seized by the company including VTC Allocab after the publication of a decree establishing this period, end of December 2013. The decree provided that “the reservation of a passenger car with driver (was) characterized the respect of a minimum of fifteen minutes between booking the vehicle and the effective customer support. “

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According to a door Floor-Council of State, the court reiterated Wednesday that “the legislature has distinguished the particular taxi business from that of the VTC of ensuring individual transport customers according to the conditions set in advance between the parties and provided they meet the requirement of prior location “. However, “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 of vehicle and customer support, which is not required by law and goes beyond the legal requirement for advance booking is illegal, “the source said.

The Government published December 27, 2013 decree imposing a mandatory 15-minute delay between booking and customer care by VTC, facing discontent taxis, who felt that their companies are unfair competition. CTI companies saw as for them within that time an obstacle to their development, forcing them to double the average time management.
While the State Council examined the use of VTC, a new law governing their activity and the taxis was enacted in early October. But it is already in issue, including the Uber company, attacked for “unfair competition” in the Commercial Court of Paris, received the transmission to the Court of Cassation two priority issues of constitutionality (QPC) on the fact whether this text, “Thévenoud law,” respected the principles of equality and freedom of enterprise

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