Make sure you fill in all the following conditions:

• Have a driving license (category B) for 3 years minimum (or 2 years if you have been driving with a driver)
• Have a blank criminal record on bulletin 2 (no criminal conviction)
• Have undergone a medical examination which has given rise to a positive medical opinion approving that you can practice this occupation (cerfa no. 14880). Only a licensed medical practitioner may carry out this check. He's not your primary care doctor. You can find the list of accredited doctors on the website of your prefecture.
• Having followed a level 1 civic prevention and relief training (less than 2 years)

Anticipating Difficulties

• Get ready for your future job :
  
  • You can follow a entrepreneurship education
  • Learn about management and accounting

These courses are optional, but recommended for your success.

• Plan for difficulties
  
  • Make a financial reserve to deal with unforeseen events
  • Get ready for steady rate of work

Make a business plan

It is advisable to make a business plan of your future company.

It's a essential file for convince the banks to support you.

He's also a management tool over the first 3 years. We'll explain how to make it.

You may also be accompanied by your CMA: titleContent.

1st possibility: being a craftsman

Characteristics of your status as a craftsman

As a craftsman, you are self-employed.

Your profit they come back to you entirely.

You must be owner of your license (either purchased or obtained free of charge).

You are responsible for your vehicle, its maintenance and insurance.

Creating your company

You must build your company :

1. To do this, you must first choose the legal form of your company.
   
   • If you're going it alone: micro-entrepreneur, EI, EURL or SASU
   • If you want to create a business with partners: SARL or SAS
2. Then you have to register your company at RNE: titleContent.

Company Formalities Window

The declarant shall create personal account. Then he has to click on the column “ Company ” and then click on “File a company”. One interactive online form of 8 pages is proposed to him; he has to fill it step by step. A user manual is available on this Single Window website.

The Chamber of Crafts and Crafts (CMA)from each region is the interlocutor of the craftsmen. The advisers of the CMA: titleContent are there for accompany and advisor in their efforts.

They can be reached by telephone or by mail :

2nd possibility: be a lessee of license

You must to rent a license with a specialist company in the rental of taxi licenses.

You sign a management leasing agreement with the company.

The minimum contract duration is 1 year.

You must pay a monthly rent for the license.

The price of the rent depends on the rental company.

Characteristics of your status

You're an independent contractor.

It is the rental company that must maintain your car.

You receive all of your revenues.

You are not covered by unemployment insurance if you stop working.

Creating your company

You must build your company :

1. To do this, you must first choose the legal form of your company.
   
   • If you're going it alone (micro-entrepreneur, EI, EURL or SASU)
   • If you want to create a business with partners (SARL or SAS)
2. Then you have to declare your activity as a craftsman
3. You must register your company to RNE: titleContent.

3rd possibility: being an employee

You can practice the trade by being an employee of a taxi company.

You have an employment contract with your employer.

You do not have a license personally.

You're getting a fixed wage.

You also receive a percentage of your monthly revenue on your meter.

What training?

Training to become a taxi driver is highly recommended to have a chance of pass the exam.

It is not mandatory.

The training may last between 50 hours and 300 hours about. The duration varies depending on the training center and where you do it.

The content of the training is intended to prepare for the exam.

It trains you in theoretical written tests (regulations) and practical tests (driving, behavior, etc.).

Where can I find a taxi course?

You find the list of approved training centers on the website of your prefecture.

France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi) offers a search tool to find the training who suits you :

Where can I find my training as a taxi driver?

How much does the training cost?

It can cost between €400 and €3,000 about. Its price varies depending on the training center and the number of hours.

It is payable either online at the training center site or on site.

You can use your personal training account.

You can get aid for its financing by seeking advice from France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi).

Passing the exam allows you to professional card.

How do I register for the exam?

You must register on the website of the CMA: titleContent from your region.

What are the trials?

The test takes place in 2 parts :

1. Knowledge tests
   
   • Management company and accounting
   • Regulation on taxi activity
   • Regulations on gender-based offenses and/or sexual and on discrimination (definition, prevention, penalties)
   • Rules of road safety
   • Mastering the French and theEnglish
2. Practical test :
   
   • 20-minute course of driving as a taxi driver. You have to prepare it, secure it (anticipate difficulties, work, facilitate the journey) and carry it out.
   • The examiner then checks the following:
     
     • Your knowledge on the territory covered (geographical, cultural, tourism)
     • Your ability to welcome a customer
     • Your ability to charge for a customer and to use the credit card terminal

When you succeed the exam, you receive a certificate on behalf of CMA: titleContent.

If you pass the exam, you are entitled to your business card.

You have to pay for it.

Its cost is about €60, payable online on the simplified procedures.

To receive your card, you must ask for it to your prefecture.

There is no time limit between passing the exam and applying for a professional card. However, if the application comes more than 5 years after the successful examination, you must provide a certificate of continuing training less than 5 years old.

You must fill in a form, available on the simplified procedures.

Application for a professional taxi driver card

Documents to be provided for your card request

You must send the Prefecture copies of the following documents:

• ID Card (CNI: titleContent) front/back or passport
• Valid driving license
• Certificate of passing the examination
• Positive medical opinion (cerfa no. 14880)
• 2 recent photos

You want to work in a different department from where you took the exam.

This extension is called the interdepartmental mobility.

Perform a mandatory internship

To be eligible to practice in another department, you must pass a continuing training course.

It lasts 14 hours (or 35 hours in Paris).

The purpose of the internship is to acquire knowledge about the 2 items following:

• New geographical, cultural and tourist territory
• Local regulation

You find the list of approved training centers on the website of your prefecture.

Request a new business card

If you validate the internship, you will receive a certificate.

You must apply for of new card on which are indicated the new departments where you can practice.

To do this, you must fill out a mobility application form.

This new card is paying.

Its cost is about €60, payable online on the website of simplified procedures.

Mobility request for professional taxi driver card

The taxi license is officially called parking clearance (ADS).

More commonly, we talk about plate.

She's obligatory for all artisan taxisbut not for salaried taxis.

You can get it from 3 Ways :

• By asking your city hall for free
• By buying it from another taxi
• By renting it to a specialist company

How long is it valid?

Only licenses obtained free of charge after 1^er october 2014 are valid 5 years and renewable.

The request for renewal of a license obtained free of charge must be made 3 months before the end of validity.

National Framework Convention

The so-called taxis contracted carry out the seated transport of sick or medicalized persons.

In application of the national framework agreement, the taxi signs an agreement with the Cnam: titleContent, on the standard model set out in the annex to the decision of 13 february 2025.

This agreement sets out the fares for this type of fare and the conditions of carriage.

Taxis have until september 30, 2025 to implement the national framework convention adopted on 13 may 2025, which includes new pricing.

Its period of validity is 5 years.

Shared transport of patients insured by social security

The taxi carrying sick people duty offer them to carry out a shared transport with one or more other customers.

This transport may concern the outward journey, the return journey or both.

List of care involved

L'ordinance written by the physician should specify that the patient's medical condition is compatible with shared transport.

The list of care medical equipment which may be subject to shared transport is as follows:

• Systemic drug therapies for cancer
• Radiation therapy sessions
• Treatment sessions for chronic renal failure using extrarenal clearance
• Rehabilitation medical care
• Any sessions, treatment or care in the context of a day hospitalization.

Conditions of carriage

The taxi must respect the conditions of carriage following:

• Do not exceed an additional 10 km detour caused by the carriage of one or more other passengers
• To remain within 30 km of the destination
• Do not exceed 45 minutes in total waiting time for the patient, corresponding to the additional delay caused by the shared transport
• Notify the refusal of a passenger to carry out a shared transport operation on his invoice or proof of carriage
• In case of refusal of shared transport by the patient, ask him for direct payment of the course.

Vehicle Characteristics

Your business vehicle must have Maximum seating capacity 9 (including driver).

It shall contain the following elements:

• Rectangle with roof lighting. The "taxi" notice must be there. The name of the municipality in which you practice must be entered. It lights up in green when the taxi is free, in red when it is busy.
• Taximeter called counter which measures the time of the race and the number of kilometers driven
• Smartphone with an internet connection and application driver approved by the.taxi
• Terminal electronic payment terminal (credit card terminal)
• Printer connected to the meter to give a score of the race to the customer
• Plate fixed to the vehicle and visible from the outside indicating the license number and the department or departments where the driver is authorized to work

Know regulated rates

You should be aware of your taxi driver obligations, including regulated tariffs.

Insure your vehicle and your activity

Remember to insure your vehicle as a business vehicle and take out insurance for your business.

It is an insurance"professional civil liability" which you can ask for from all insurers.

Technical inspection

The technical inspection is mandatory on 1^re year of your activity, then 1 time per year.

He's at your initiative, you do not receive any reminders.

Renewal of your ADS: titleContent (bachelor's degree)

You should consider renewing your license (ADS).

It is valid 5 years.

3 months before at the end of validity, you must make a continuing training.

Training lasts 2 days (14 hours).

If you validate the training, you will receive a certificate.

You find the list of approved training centers on the website of your prefecture.

Technical inspection of the vehicle

You must perform the roadworthiness test of your vehicle 1 time per year.

This must be done by your own initiative.

Electronic marauding

The marauding electronic is obligatory since december 2021.

You must choose a “driver” application approved by the government start-up called le.taxi.

You must connect to availability register taxis, called: the.taxi.

Register of availability of taxis: le.taxi

You can consult the driver's guide to the use of this register.