910 taxi drivers will each receive 200 euros from Uber France.
The company Uber France was ordered Friday to pay them damages for "unfair competition".
The court ruled that the Uber Pop feature set up between 2014 and 2015 had violated market rules and "necessarily caused moral damage, consisting in particular in the damage to the image and reputation of taxi drivers" .
A civil conviction that comes after a conviction in 2015 by the Paris Court of Appeal for deceptive commercial practices.
Uber France will also have to pay 5,000 euros to the union of cooperative societies of taxi drivers in the Paris region for the same moral damage.
With Uber Pop, drivers were private individuals
This case concerns an activity "which was suspended in France in 2015", reacted a spokesperson for Uber, ensuring that the application now only had recourse to licensed drivers "who pass the same exams than taxi drivers ”.
It is the offer of the Uber Pop service between February 2014 and July 2015 that is at the origin of this conviction. It allowed users to be put in contact with vehicles whose drivers were private individuals, not holders of a taxi or VTC license. The offer has caused Uber to run into serious trouble with the law and a wave of protests from taxis. It was eventually withdrawn and Uber was fined at the end of 2015 to 150,000 euros by the Paris Court of Appeal.
"It's a very good decision, it will prevent other platforms from making illegal transport," said Christophe Jacopin, president of the taxi union.
“Not only is it a spoliation in relation to those who exercise this profession legally, but also in relation to the passengers who are in danger.
When you are transported by an average person, without insurance, it puts the lives of people in danger, ”he noted.
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