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Yesterday evening, the France’s\u00a0National Assembly voted definitively in favor of the pro-taxi \u00a0“Th\u00e9venoud law,” which imposed a certain number of restrictions and regulations on both Taxis and VTC (licensed professional drivers of services like Uber, Chauffeur-Priv\u00e9, SnapCar). Those regulations include a comical list, among them:<\/p>\n
The law also includes restrictions on pricing, the type of car which may be used, as well as new regulation around applications for VTC licenses.<\/p>\n
In response to the recent announcement, Thibaud Simphal, who manages Uber’s Paris operations, said in a statement:<\/p>\n
“France has made the choice of an unfair law, adopted in haste, one which slows\u00a0the development of the sector…”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The law was originally brought forth by\u00a0Thomas Th\u00e9venoud, the foreign trade minister who has since stepped down from office after it was discovered he hadn’t paid taxes or rent in the last three years (Th\u00e9venoud claimed to have “administrative phobia,” a comment which went viral in recent weeks).<\/p>\n
The new law is a significant step back for Uber, who has been struggling across Europe to work with governments & taxi unions. After a short stint ban in Germany earlier this month, Uber drivers (& passengers) were\u00a0stopped in Barcelona all last weekend, prompting many users to accuse Uber of operating a service they openly knew was illegal in the eyes of the government.<\/p>\n
Nothing short of overturning this law will be necessary for Uber to maintain its positioning as a disrupting force. Alternatively, it’s been given a mandate to change its mobile application, its pricing, and how it manages drivers – somehow, that doesn’t seem like an order that Travis Kalanick has plans to follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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