Legal clarity dawns. From 01 November 2016, Uber-type taxi services are to be legalized and thus supervised. Every town and city will be able to issue relevant conditions. The text is flexible in terms of the chauffeur’s status and it is for the parties concerned to define if the relationship is an employee type relationship or not depending on the length of time worked and on how often the worker’s services are called on.
In July 2016, the transport ministry published temporary rules covering internet based taxi services. The spirit of the text is in line with the ‘Directives on the healthy development of taxis through reforms,” also published in July 2016, and in which the central authorities accepted the principle of developing public transport as a priority and maintaining an appropriately diversified taxi service that matches the needs of the public.
In order for the service to function, the specific local au
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