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Uber France will have to pay EUR180,000 to 910 taxi drivers and their federation.PHOTO: REUTERS * Published Sep 10, 2021, 11:07 pm SGT More Whatsapp Linkedin FB Messenger Telegram Twitter Reddit WeChat Pinterest Print Purchase Article Copy permalinkCopy to clipboard [https://str.sg/35vP ] Gift this story Share gift link below with your friends and family. They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Link Copied! [ ] Link Copied!Copy gift link Or share via: Get complimentary access to this article Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up Already have an account? Log in. All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Please verify your e-mail to read this subscriber-only article in full Resend verification e-mail The gift link for this subscriber-only article has expired. Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months. Subscribe now You have reached your limit of subscriber-only articles this month. Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months. Subscribe now Read and win! Read 3 articles and stand to win rewards Let's go! Terms & conditions apply Frequently asked questions Good job, you've read 3 articles today! Spin the wheel now Let's go! Terms & conditions apply Frequently asked questions PARIS (AFP) - A French court on Friday (Sept 10) ordered ride-hailing service Uber to pay damages to taxi drivers whose business suffered from unlicensed competitors. Uber France will have to pay 180,000 euros (S$285,000) to 910 taxi drivers and their federation who brought a civil case against Uber for unfair competition, the court ruled. The case centred on the activities in 2014 and 2015 of UberPop, a platform that brought together clients and unlicensed drivers. The business, marketed as ride-sharing, sparked the ire of traditional taxi drivers who felt the new service was threatening their livelihoods with cheap fares. They notably argued that non-professional drivers did not have to pay for training, or acquire a taxi licence which in Paris can cost more than 100,000 euros, allowing them to undercut taxis. Uber France had already in December 2015 lost its appeal against a guilty verdict by a criminal court for misleading commercial practices, and was ordered to pay a fine of 150,000 euros. In its civil case decision on Friday, the court found that passing off untrained drivers as professionals hurt the image and the reputation of licensed taxi drivers. The damages payout works out at 192 euros for each of the 910 drivers, and 5,000 euros for the Paris taxi drivers' federation. Uber on Friday said that it has not been using unlicensed drivers in France since 2015, and that drivers now had to take the same tests as licensed taxi drivers. 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