{"id":148955,"date":"2026-01-09T10:59:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T09:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/sin-categorizar\/the-vtc-sector-bursts-into-the-licensing-debate-and-accuses-the-government-of-legislating-at-the-dictate-of-the-cab-industry\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T10:59:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T09:59:54","slug":"the-vtc-sector-bursts-into-the-licensing-debate-and-accuses-the-government-of-legislating-at-the-dictate-of-the-cab-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/en\/current-news\/the-vtc-sector-bursts-into-the-licensing-debate-and-accuses-the-government-of-legislating-at-the-dictate-of-the-cab-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"The VTC sector bursts into the licensing debate and accuses the Government of legislating at the dictate of the cab industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"172\" data-end=\"642\">The sector of <strong data-start=\"189\" data-end=\"236\">vehicles with driver transport (VTC)<\/strong> has entered fully into the debate opened by the accumulation of about <strong data-start=\"309\" data-end=\"344\">10,000 applications for licenses<\/strong> that threaten to alter the current model of <strong data-start=\"390\" data-end=\"415\">mobility in the Balearic Islands<\/strong>. The executive president of <strong data-start=\"444\" data-end=\"458\">Unauto VTC<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"460\" data-end=\"490\">Jos\u00e9 Manuel Berzal Andrade<\/strong>, has rejected an uncontrolled growth of the sector, but has accused the <strong data-start=\"565\" data-end=\"592\">Government of Marga Prohens<\/strong> of legislating &#8220;hand in hand with the <strong data-start=\"621\" data-end=\"640\">cab sector<\/strong>&#8220;. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"644\" data-end=\"1015\">Speaking to <strong data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"676\">Onda Cero<\/strong>, Berzal said that the regional government is aware of the <strong data-start=\"743\" data-end=\"797\">imbalance between supply and demand for transport<\/strong>, both for residents and tourists, and warned that the situation &#8220;can become very complicated&#8221;. In his opinion, the Govern did not act &#8220;in time and form&#8221;, which has led to the current legal uncertainty. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/en\/current-news\/cab-drivers-outburst-against-the-governs-new-draft-they-denounce-legal-uncertainty-and-unfair-competition\/?swcfpc=1\">Cab drivers outburst against the Govern&#8217;s new draft: they denounce &#8220;legal uncertainty&#8221; and unfair competition<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1017\" data-end=\"1382\">This scenario is marked by a recent <strong data-start=\"1063\" data-end=\"1130\">ruling of the High Court of Justice of the Balearic Islands (TSJIB)<\/strong>, which obliges the Government to process <strong data-start=\"1164\" data-end=\"1185\">600 VTC licenses<\/strong> denied in 2022. A resolution that could be extended to all the more than <strong data-start=\"1268\" data-end=\"1301\">10,000 accumulated applications<\/strong>, of which about <strong data-start=\"1319\" data-end=\"1352\">3,500 correspond to Mallorca<\/strong> and about <strong data-start=\"1364\" data-end=\"1381\">6,500 to Ibiza<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1384\" data-end=\"1733\">Berzal has defended that the denial of these authorizations did not comply with <strong data-start=\"1458\" data-end=\"1490\">Spanish and European regulations<\/strong>, and has stressed that the problem was caused by not foreseeing that many businessmen would apply for licenses in the face of a restrictive legal framework. However, he insisted that his organization does not support a massive granting of authorizations either. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/en\/current-news\/a-change-in-the-regulation-on-the-length-of-cars-baffles-ibiza-cab-drivers\/?swcfpc=1\">A change in the regulation on the length of cars baffles Ibiza cab drivers<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1735\" data-end=\"2088\">From <strong data-start=\"1741\" data-end=\"1755\">Unauto VTC<\/strong> defend that the sector should <strong data-start=\"1785\" data-end=\"1833\">complement the cab and public transport<\/strong>, not replace them, and are committed to a professionalized model and away from speculation. In this sense, Berzal has proposed a <strong data-start=\"1964\" data-end=\"1988\">framework of coexistence<\/strong> similar to that existing in communities such as <strong data-start=\"2030\" data-end=\"2052\">Madrid or Andalusia<\/strong>, adapted to the uniqueness of the Balearic Islands. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/actualidad\/de-la-renovacion-de-licencias-al-tamano-de-los-coches-como-ha-cambiado-el-reglamento-que-regulara-el-taxi-en-ibiza\/?swcfpc=1\">From the renewal of licenses to the size of the cars: how the regulation that will regulate the cab in Ibiza has changed<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"2090\" data-end=\"2476\">Currently, the Balearic Islands has <strong data-start=\"2128\" data-end=\"2153\">2,529 cabs and 739 VTC<\/strong>, while <strong data-start=\"2167\" data-end=\"2181\">Law 1\/2024<\/strong> keeps the granting of new licenses paralyzed until the approval of a <strong data-start=\"2261\" data-end=\"2286\">specific regulation<\/strong>, still in process. The cab sector considers the applications a &#8220;hecatomb&#8221;, and the Govern insists that it will process them with <strong data-start=\"2415\" data-end=\"2437\">legal certainty<\/strong>, although it rules out approving them en bloc. <\/p>\n<h2>Continue reading:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/actualidad\/el-govern-rechaza-un-pedido-de-ibiza-sobre-el-numero-de-licencias-de-taxi-en-la-isla\/?swcfpc=1\">The Govern rejects a petition from Ibiza on the number of cab licenses on the island<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/actualidad\/el-caso-de-un-taxista-de-ibiza-abre-la-puerta-a-cambios-en-el-reglamento-del-taxi\/?swcfpc=1\">Ibiza cab driver&#8217;s case opens the door to changes in cab regulations<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Unauto employers&#8217; association accuses the Government of Marga Prohens of legislating by the hand of the cab and rejects an indiscriminate growth of the sector, while a court ruling forces the processing of hundreds of pending authorizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":129205,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4612,2910,3210,2918],"tags":[2921,2912,4538,4537],"ppma_author":[6610],"class_list":["post-148955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baleares-en","category-current-news","category-formentera-en","category-ibiza-en","tag-actualidad-2-en","tag-actualidad-3-en","tag-cabs","tag-vtc-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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