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Uber France and two executives sentenced on appeal for the Uber Pop service

2022-01-18T16:54:37.470Z


It allowed you to be put in touch with a particular driver who did not hold a taxi or VTC license. The Paris Court of Appeal on Monday sentenced Uber France to a fine of 400,000 euros as well as two of its managers for misleading commercial practice and complicity in the illegal exercise of the taxi activity made possible by its Uber Pop service, today. now permanently closed. This judgment confirms a decision of June 2016 which sanctioned the practices of the American company and its Uber Pop


The Paris Court of Appeal on Monday sentenced Uber France to a fine of 400,000 euros as well as two of its managers for misleading commercial practice and complicity in the illegal exercise of the taxi activity made possible by its Uber Pop service, today. now permanently closed.

This judgment confirms a decision of June 2016 which sanctioned the practices of the American company and its Uber Pop application.

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This service allowed users to be put in touch with vehicles whose drivers were private individuals, not holders of a taxi or VTC license. It was active from February 5, 2014 to July 3, 2015, when it was closed the day after two Uber France executives were placed in police custody. Uber Pop has allowed “

the emergence of unfair competition

” between the drivers of the application on the one hand and the drivers “

subject to specific legal and pricing constraints

”, writes the court in its judgment.

In addition, Uber was condemned for a misleading commercial practice "

characterised by the broadcasting on 112 occasions by Radio Nova of commercial communications inciting consumers, drivers or users, to participate in the Uber Pop service (...) by giving the impression that this service is lawful, whereas it is not

,” the decision reads.

Already several convictions

The company was therefore punished by a fine of 800,000 euros, half of which was suspended.

The general manager of France at the time, Thibaud Simphal, was sentenced to a fine of 20,000 euros, half of which was suspended, and Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, director of Western Europe, to 30,000 euros, half of which was suspended. reprieve.

The conviction of the leaders can only deter other actors from engaging in the creation of an illicit activity

”, rejoiced Me Jonathan Bellaiche, the lawyer for the main taxi federations which attacked Uber.

The American company took note of this decision and "

was able to thoroughly rethink its model taking into account local expectations

", she reacted to AFP, recalling that the Uber Pop service had been closed for more than six years. year.

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In this case, Uber has already been convicted several times.

In November, the Paris Commercial Court ordered him to pay 500 euros for various damages to 155 taxi drivers who were claiming compensation.

Their lawyer Me Bellaiche appealed, evoking "

a substantive battle

" which began with "

damage which amounts for my clients to several hundred thousand euros each

".

In September, another civil conviction forced Uber to compensate more than 900 drivers up to 200 euros each.

Source: lefigaro

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