Taipei Times
Date: May 31, 2019
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Although the Ministry of Transportation and Communications announced earlier this week
Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai, center, speaks at a news conference on Tuesday at the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in Taipei.
Photo: Hsiao Yu-hsin, Taipei Times
that it would not start fining vehicle rental businesses working with Uber for contravening the soon-to-be-amended Article 103-1 of the Transportation Management Regulations (汽車運輸業管理規則) until October, some former Uber drivers have joined the government’s diversified taxi service program to avoid penalties.
The article, dubbed the “Uber clause,” defines vehicle rental services and taxis as different businesses that are subject to separate regulations, and stipulates that rental firms must charge passengers by hourly or daily rates.
The ministry proposed amending the article after Uber was found to be using its partnerships with rental firms to offer taxi services, which the ministry said would disrupt the market.
The final version of the amendment is scheduled to be approved at a weekly ministerial meeting today and should be announced early next month. [FULL STORY]
