Uber defies ban in Germany – Economic

Paul Zacarias Gomes

paulo.gomes@economico.pt

12:46

Electronic sharing application trucking Uber ensures it will continue to operate in Germany, despite the prohibition imposed by a court in Frankfurt.

A company source said he decided not suspend service because the resource that will bring suspends decision to ban: “We will continue to operate in Germany and we will appeal the recent lawsuit filed by Taxi Deutschland in Frankfurt,” said in a statement to BBC

. decision of the German court – which extends throughout Germany allowed to operate after the camera Berlin have already taken the same decision covering the city – claims that the company does not have the necessary legal authorizations to operate under German law

In Germany the company has in operation UberPop – service launched earlier this year by the American company – which uses the vehicles of people who are not employed directly by Uber and who use their own cars to transport passengers.

In the middle of last month, the chamber of Berlin forbade the application in the city exactly invoking security reasons, after Hamburg have done the same. In both cases the Uber have appealed the decision.

A Taxi Deutschland Uber accused of attacking your business and do not secure the rights of passengers in case of accident, predicting that the management of the application might be fined up to 250,000 euros.

Berlin, Paris and London are among the cities where taxi drivers have appeared in June against the application, which deprives them of much of the business and accused of unfair competition.

in Lisbon, where the Uber arrived in early July, the regular service establishes a “checkered flag” two euros, which adds 30 cents per minute or 1.10 euros per kilometer with a minimum price of eight Euros per trip of According to the company website.

The Uber Black modality offers a flat-rate connection between the airport and the city center, on top of the vehicle range, for 20 euros.

The president of the National Association of Road Carriers in Light Vehicles (ANTRAL) considered at the time the application to be illegal by “violating” the law which governs the transport sector.