- That permit was revoked yesterday.

The company does not own the vehicles that drive the traffic and it is not appropriate to just use another company's permit for this traffic, says Markus Edsbagge, unit manager at the Swedish Transport Agency.

Can back out

Värmlandstrafik may now be about to back out of the agreement with the taxi company AB Trendtaxi, which is responsible for travel services and medical travel in parts of the county, among other things?

- This is so fresh that you have to wait for the news, says Jörgen Kalitzki, communications strategist at Värmlandstrafik and refers to this afternoon's press conference.

This has happened

In several elements, we have reported that several of the taxi companies that are responsible for or run service traffic for Värmlandstrafik have had their traffic licenses revoked.

This applies, for example, to AB Trendtaxi, which, despite the company having its traffic permit revoked, has been allocated Värmlandstrafik's service traffic in Nordvärmland and the transport service in Karlstad.

The company's subsidiary, Din Taxi, where drivers were employed, has also had its traffic permit revoked.

The Swedish Transport Agency considers that the companies are unsuitable to operate taxi traffic.

"Serious players can no longer compete"

As SVT was able to report on Monday, drivers who were employed by Din taxi were asked to change employers to Trendtaxi Uppland, as they had lost their traffic permit.

Now the subcontractor Trendtaxi Uppland has also got rid of its traffic permit.

AB Trendtaxi had its traffic permit revoked as information from about 30 cars' taximeters was not reported - despite allegations.

- It prevents tax control and it does not become competition neutral.

The serious players can no longer compete with the prices it provides and that is exactly what we want to access with this legislation that exists, said Markus Edsbagge, unit manager at the Swedish Transport Agency to SVT.

In September this year, the company's CEO was convicted of violating the Social Insurance Code.

Despite repeated allegations from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, he did not report information to the authority about a driver's absence.

Payment remarks

AB Trendtaxi has also had several payment remarks, in 2019 and 2020, six different creditors applied for a payment order with the Enforcement Officer.

These are debts that are now settled.

The Swedish Transport Agency's decision to revoke Trendtaxi Uppland's traffic permit was made on Wednesday.

It can be appealed but gains legal force after two weeks.