Greece’s Council of State gave the green light for the operation of mini buses especially on the islands.
The Council of State has vindicated the companies operating in the field of mini bus rental mainly on the islands and using uber bv technology, as the relevant decision of 15.5.2023 of the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, was annulled.
Companies operating in the field of mini bus rental had appealed to the Council of State and requested that the decision of the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure No. 154785/2023, by which the rules of the total rental of cars with driver through pre-booking are defined and the obligation of those who use uber bv contracts to post in the digital register at least 2 hours before the start of the contract, be annulled as unconstitutional and illegal.
The CoE decision was adopted pursuant to Law No 4093/2012, which allows travel agencies and car rental agencies to hire out mini buses with a driver by means of pre-booking up to 9 seats (including the driver) for a fee.
The owners of these cars are prohibited from soliciting customers when they are in traffic or in parking areas. These cars serve the transport needs of the islands during the summer season, except on the islands of Crete and Evia.
The State advisers stressed that the necessity of the introduced restriction on the exercise of the relevant activity in order to serve the purpose that is being pursued is not substantiated
Finally, the Council of State rejected the intervention of the Panhellenic Federation of Professional Taxi and Car Owners’ Professionals in favor of the validity of the contested ministerial decision.
source: parapolitika.gr