UBER received a very hard blow today, after the Cluj court decided to ban the company's services in the city of Cluj-Napoca, but the decision is not final, therefore not enforceable, at least for now. We are talking about a decision adopted in the first instance against those from UBER, they having the possibility to appeal it within 30 days from the communication, so there will definitely be a fight between the company and the Romanian justice system.
UBER is part of this unfavorable prohibition decision because of the "unfair competition practices" that it carried out in the city of Cluj-Napoca by offering services in the field of passenger transport without having authorizations in this regard. UBER is also obliged to publish the decision in a local newspaper of wide circulation, if it will remain definitive, but the world will find out in good time anyway about such a decision with very serious effects.
UBER: Cluj Court Decides to BAN it in the City
UBER has had active cars in Cluj-Napoca since 2016, and there have been numerous incidents involving taxi drivers who are dissatisfied with the fact that they can no longer screw over customers as they did before. Of course, the taxi drivers are happy with this decision, but as long as it is not final, those from UBER still have a chance to get rid of a total ban, something that could also have repercussions on the activity in other cities, but not directly.
"Orders the cessation and prohibition of the unfair competition practices carried out by the defendants SC Uber Systems România SRL and Rasier Operations BV, consisting in the provision of services in the field of transport, involving the transport of people without holding legal authorizations, within the radius of the Cluj-Napoca municipality. Orders the publication of the provisions of this decision in a widely circulated newspaper, at the expense of the defendants. It obliges the defendants to pay in favor of the interveners the sum of 60 lei, as court costs, representing judicial stamp duty. With the right of appeal within 30 days of communication."
UBER has been fighting for some time with taxi drivers' associations, who want to see the service banned in Romania because it seriously affected their activity, the American company gathering 1 million users in Romania, or at least that's what it claims. No one knows how much money the taxi drivers lost after the launch of UBER, but it is very clear that many people are fed up with their vile attitude, and this is because the difference in the quality of the cars is not huge, but neither is the driving style.
UPDATED: Here is what the people from UBER want to say about the decision of the Cluj court.
""Hundreds of thousands of people in Romania rely on Uber for their daily commutes and thousands of drivers earn additional income by partnering with us. We are very disappointed with this decision and will appeal. As our new CEO, Dara, has stated, there is a need for services like Uber to be regulated. Therefore, we will continue the dialogue with the authorities, and in the meantime we are taking proactive steps towards a licensed model.”
I understand that you are a taxi driver since the activity of UBER affects your life so much, the remaining 99.99999999% of the population does not feel any effect of the fact that UBER does not directly pay taxes on drivers as employees, but on income, and drivers have companies and PFAs .
On Ce lume vivi, the people of Cluj were more open to development
very good for them, honestly uber always seemed like dust to me (just my opinion and experiences)
Uber does not want to be legalized, they are afraid of competition, other companies like them will enter the market in Ro when they have a law
the people of Cluj live in a world where they don't want to be part of the penalties, uber entered the market a long time ago and they don't want to enter legality according to the legislation that exists at the moment, Cluj is open to development but respecting the laws of these countries
How many countries are there? In which legality are the taxi drivers who refuse rides as they lose their temper?
And with pony cars, there are problems in Cluj, they haven't paid their contract with RADP for parking, accepting all kinds of companies of this kind that don't want to pay their taxes, provide services without being recognized by any institution, etc. we steal our hats alone, we can #RESIST endlessly if we don't see what directly affects both us and our families
Taxi drivers don't respect the law either, and neither does Uber.
Probably in the capital there are problems with some taxi drivers who make prices, inappropriate cars, rude drivers, etc, etc.... but if an institution issues thousands and thousands of taxi authorizations, it should also have a brigade or more to check them, to modify their rates according to certain indices, in the capital, as far as I know, most of the taxis belong to people with high connections put on, they give their cars a plan like 200-400 lei per 24 hours and they are no longer interested in who works on what and how they work on those cars or the technical condition.
Zaone, the laws of this country, should have been written, typo
Yes, but you didn't answer the other part.
I understand that you are a taxi driver since the activity of UBER affects your life so much, the remaining 99.99999999% of the population does not feel any effect of the fact that UBER does not directly pay taxes on drivers as employees, but on income, and drivers have companies and PFAs .
I don't think I can answer the "other side", but I don't think uber or Taxify are the solution either, it would be better if we made a legal Romanian uber for each big city separately, so that the Americans don't come and teach us how to hitchhike on the application
And the Romanian uber wouldn't have worked the same way? There is clever taxi, as an alternative, but even there it's a bit hit and miss, I've had a few times that no one accepted my rides, something I haven't experienced with UBER or Taxify yet.
It doesn't matter if I'm a taxi driver or not, I don't think you have to be a taxi driver to realize that a company like Uber is illegal in Romania
The chances of winning against a colossus like uber are almost zero, it is difficult to sue every uber, Taxify or other very big companies like Didi from the Chinese or Lyft, etc, etc, taxi drivers know this
Uber does not want to be legalized, they are afraid of competition, other companies like them will enter the market in Ro when they have a law
This is only because of the taxi drivers who do not accept the change and the courts that do not do their job correctly (I apologize and do not include the maximum 5% who do their job correctly even in the old system).
So courts to wipe yourself with them somewhere. Even in London, where the Black Cab excrement + kkt mayor are lobbying strongly against, UBER won in court!
In London, uber adapted and became flexible to those laws and local council decisions there, they have a folder of documents, while here they only have a permit, insurance and itp on the car