The Supreme Court upheld the appeal filed by his company Maxi Mobility against the Community of Madrid’s refusal in 2018 to grant 1,000 vehicle rental permits with drivers (VTC), which will allow the application to be submitted again.
Cabify, which filed a lawsuit in court to overturn this decision, defends that this new judicial decision is in line with the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) of June 2023, which indicated that regulations cannot be approved to defend the economic interests of a single sector ( Taxis) at the expense of another sector.
“The ruling of the Supreme Court, applying the precedents of the European Court of Justice, is consistent with the Cabify Group Company regarding the regulatory injustice around the VTC sector that occurs under the umbrella of the ratio of 1 VTC per 30 taxis, among other principles that are inconsistent with European law.”
Although it was the Community of Madrid that rejected the application in 2018, the company also takes the opportunity to point out that this region “was one of the regions that created the greatest legal guarantees in everything related to the transportation of passengers with drivers in recent years,” since the rejection occurred in the application. State regulations to limit VTC to 30 for taxi licenses.
The company affects this difference between the Ayuso government, which defends Madrid “unlike other provinces”, where it believes that “rules contrary to European law and the public interest” remain in force.
