A ruling by Chamber II of the Chamber of Administrative, Tax and Consumer Relations Litigation of the City of Buenos Aires resolved to move forward with more regulations for transportation platforms such as Uber, DiDi and Cabify.
The resolution, which stems from litigation initiated by the Union of Taxi Workers, orders the Buenos Aires Government to advance the regulation of the sector, equating the requirements with those that apply to traditional taxis.
The ruling is part of a long-standing conflict between taxi drivers, the City Government and representatives of drivers and users of digital platforms.
In this context, the court decided to give way to the position of the taxi sector, considering that there was an alleged “illegitimate omission” on the part of the local government in its duty to control these applications.
As a direct consequence of this decision, Uber, DiDi and Cabify drivers must comply with new obligations, including obtaining a professional license and taking out specific insurance, requirements that until now were not required under the same scheme as the
taxi service.The controversial measure
The central axis of the ruling lies in the interpretation of the nature of the service provided by these platforms. While both drivers and users maintained that it was a “private transport” regulated by the Civil and Commercial Code, and, therefore, alien to public transport regulations, the Chamber
