Overview
- Trade group Unauto and union SLT urge drivers to rally on September 23 outside the Departament de Territori, arguing 4,250 direct jobs and about 2,500 authorizations are at risk.
- The draft law, presented on September 16 to the Consell del Taxi, would reserve urban passenger transport to taxis and progressively extinguish roughly 600 AMB urban VTC licences.
- Service segmentation sets minimum prebooking of 10 minutes for VTCs, creates Vehículos de Alta Disposición that require two hours’ notice and one hour minimum service, and imposes 12 hours’ prebooking for limousines.
- Enforcement and standards include mandatory real‑time telematic control devices for taxis and VTCs, a proposed B1 Catalan requirement for taxi drivers, tougher penalties, and registration with liability for intermediary platforms.
- Élite Taxi presses parties to fast‑track approval via a proposición de ley this year, while VTC operators prepare legal challenges and reported timelines for entry range from next year to late 2026 with gradual rollout.