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What do you need to know?
If a company or individual wants to provide interurban taxi services, i.e. offer public passenger transport in passenger cars with nine or fewer seats, before they can begin, they must apply for a permit for each vehicle to be used. This permit must be renewed or endorsed every four years, depending on the established timetable. If the permit expires because it has not been endorsed, it may be reinstated within one year of the expiry of the period within which it should have been endorsed. Furthermore, for example, the permit holder can be changed (transferred) or the vehicle to which the permit relates can be substituted.
As a general rule, the taxi driver can only pick up fares in the municipality that has issued the taxi licence, but they may transport their passengers to any destination as long as the VT permit is in force.
As an exception to this rule, a taxi driver may pick up a passenger at a port or airport in Catalonia, provided that the service has been previously booked and the destination is the municipality that issued the taxi driver's licence. The VT permit must be in force, and the vehicle must carry the duly completed Declaration of Prior Booking of a Taxi Service from a Port or Airport in Catalonia.
This procedure can only be carried out online. Documentation provided through another channel will not be taken into account or counted for the purposes of the submission date.
Electronic processing of transport licences: step by step.
Authority responsible
Other related authorities
Individuals or legal entities who wish to engage or are currently engaged in the provision of an interurban taxi service.
This procedure can be requested at any time, providing the permit is valid, i.e. the corresponding endorsement has been carried out and the following requirements are met.
- Hold a valid permit for the public transport of passengers by taxi.
- The company must not have any outstanding penalties for infringement of transport regulations imposed by a decision that concludes the administrative proceedings.
- The permit cannot be subject to any embargo proceedings.
No fees are associated with this procedure.
Steps to follow
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Step one
Submit the application
Applications are processed online through the electronic headquarters of the Ministry responsible for transport. To complete the procedure, you must meet the electronic identification and signature [...]
Applications are processed online through the electronic headquarters of the Ministry responsible for transport. To complete the procedure, you must meet the electronic identification and signature requirements (remember that the idCAT certificate and the electronic DNI are also accepted as digital certificates).
If you are acting on behalf of the permit holder, you must register your representative status
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Step two
Await the Administration's response
You can consult the status of the proceedings you have created in the electronic office portal of the Ministry for transport affairs to find out when your application has been processed.In [...]
You can consult the status of the proceedings you have created in the electronic office portal of the Ministry for transport affairs to find out when your application has been processed.
In addition, if you have provided your details correctly when submitting your application via the electronic office of the Ministry, and if this application and the attached documentation are correct, the Administration will send you an SMS indicating that your permit has been entered in the Register of Transport Companies and Activities.
