The push between Cabify and the Community of Madrid for the shipping service of that platform has not yet concluded. The company has stopped brokering the hiring of Cabify Envíos and has "ceded the use of its brand to a transport company," as it has notified the regional Administration.

Thus, the company diverts the activity of Cabify Envíos to one of the subsidiaries, Prestige and Limousine, as reported by the company. "This firm will be the one that from now on will operate as a parcel transport provider, through Envíos by PyL, a service that it will carry out in the VTC cars it has," they tell EL MUNDO from the company.

In the Community of Madrid, specifically in the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Infrastructure, this new model will be examined after the suspension of the initial system, as requested in the request sent to the Spanish startup . Both the start of activity of Cabify Envíos and the mentioned requirement date from last week. Madrid is the community that Cabify chose to launch this new business in Spain, consisting of sending products in trunks , given the situation of citizen confinement during the state of alarm.

Again, the regional Administration considers the existence of an authorization for the development of transport work to be essential, which, according to the Community, could not be carried out in passenger cars under any circumstances . Most of the VTC vehicles that operate with Cabify are such vehicles.

Vehicles suitable for the transport of goods

In fact, the Department of Transport, Mobility and Infrastructure has once again warned Cabify, in writing, that " it cannot carry out a parcel service with tourism vehicles (with a capacity of up to 9 seats, including driver) and without the required qualifying title for the transport of goods ", as reflected in a notification to which this newspaper has had access.

As emphasized by the department led by Ángel Garrido, "in no case can goods be transported in a tourist vehicle", since the Land Transport Management Law only contemplates the transport of goods in "vehicles built and conditioned for this purpose" . Furthermore, some transporter associations have already protested this service. The Community has already told Cabify that repeated fines of up to 6,000 euros are exposed.

At the moment, Prestige and Limousine is the Cabify subsidiary selected by the company to function as a parcel transport provider, through the Envíos by PyL service. The contracting of the Envíos by PyL service can be done through the Cabify app , the mobility platform highlights, although the Community of Madrid will soon pronounce itself on this matter.

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