Uber ordered to pay taxi drivers damages in France

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PARIS: A French court on Friday (Sep 10) ordered ride-hailing service Uber to pay damages to taxi drivers whose business suffered from unlicensed competitors. Uber France will have to pay €180,000 (US$213,000) to 910 taxi drivers and their federation who brought a civil case against Uber for unfair compe

PARIS: A French court on Friday ordered ride-hailing service Uber to pay damages to taxi drivers whose business suffered from unlicensed competitors.

The case centred on the activities in 2014 and 2015 of UberPop, a platform that brought together clients and unlicensed drivers. They notably argued that non-professional drivers did not have to pay for training, or acquire a taxi licence which in Paris can cost more than €100,000, allowing them to undercut taxis.

In its civil case decision on Friday, the court found that passing off untrained drivers as professionals hurt the image and the reputation of licensed taxi drivers.

 

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