No taxis tomorrow Monday in Attica from 14:00-20:00

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In a statement, SATA denounces the “indifference of the government, the propaganda of excellent relations by the opposition and the silence of the Federation” noting that the General Assembly of SATA will decide whether the claims and requests of the presidency are consistent with the wishes and the needs of Athenian taxi drivers.

Attica will be without taxis tomorrow Monday from 14:00 to 20:00 due to the work stoppage announced by the Attica Taxi Drivers Union, in order for the drivers to participate in the extraordinary general assembly. The general assembly will be held at the PEROKE theater at 3:00 p.m.

In a statement, SATA denounces the “indifference of the government, the propaganda of excellent relations by the opposition and the silence of the Federation” noting that the General Assembly of SATA will decide whether the claims and requests of the presidency are consistent with the wishes and the needs of Athenian taxi drivers.

In their requests they put:

-Adjustment of predetermined price for the route Athens Airport – City Center from 40 euros to 45 euros (tariff 1) and from 55 euros to 60 euros (tariff 2). Reinstatement of the taxi Christmas Gift provision on the same terms as it was then.

-Legislative regulation for the special permit.

-Free passage in bus lanes for loaded taxis.

-Legislative regulation for the loss of irrevocable revocation of an ideal ETX share.

– Removal of the mandatory registration of new taxi cars with zero emissions from 2026. The proposal of SATA is to postpone this obligation for 2035.

-Creating a public taxi booking application with no fees for users and drivers (on the model of France Le Taxi and Catalonia).

– For seven-seater-nine-seater taxis: Free replacement of a conventional 7-seater-9-seater ETX Taxi without restrictions and without quota for all professional taxi drivers of Attica. Regarding the invoice, our proposal is as follows:

– Flag drop: 5.00 euros

– Minimum rental: 10.00 euros

– Additional Charge of 5.00 euros per passenger (from the fifth person onwards)

-Immediate implementation of the decision of the Ministry of Finance (Mr. Papanatsiou) for the collection of the fee.

-Reduction of VAT on fuel from 24% to 13% for as long as the energy crisis lasts.

-Reduction of VAT on passenger transport to 10% from 1/7/2023

– Fair tax treatment (tax-free limit at 12,000 euros) for the self-employed in our sector.

– Reduction of E.F.K. or fuel subsidy for the professional Taxi motorist on a permanent basis. (PROFESSIONAL FUEL)

-Subsidies for the purchase of all types of cars classified as taxis. (ANTI POLLUTION TECHNOLOGY 6 euros).

– The public nature of the services provided by the Taxi must be protected in every way.

-Protection of Law 4530 /2018 and improvement where necessary.

-Clear and without gray areas separation of the services provided by the Taxi and the rental car with a driver. Population ratio of E.D.X. – E.I.X. per Region.

-Restoration of the minimum rental period and the minimum price in the contracts of E.I.X. which was halved by the government. (6 HOURS – 180 euros)

– Reinstatement of the provision that obliged the Municipalities of the whole country to create squares within the limits of their responsibility.

-Correct implementation of the digital platform for E.I.X. contracts. and creating a register for guided rentals.

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