Surprise control! Last week, Sylviane Mol, administrator and daughter of the founder Marcel Mol, saw the Department of Regulation and Regulation of SPW Transport disembarks as well as the Judicial Police at the rue des Jesuites, where the offices are located. “On the orders of the Mons-Tournai prosecution, they arrived at seven here, almost like the Gestapo (sic), indicating to us that all taxis had to return immediately. My son, Vincent, also administrator, was on vacation. He had to return to disaster. I was the only one on the spot. The inspectors took my statement. I would have had a ton of weapons and drugs, that would not have been worse. were the worst criminals of the city.. The nine cars parked at rue de la Prévoyance were “seized”. They are still in the company’s parking lot, but the SPW department noted the counters and has won the papers concerning them.
The origin of all this stir-household: a document to be obtained by public service, but without success for months.
As if by magic, an examination takes place in August
With the arrival of electronic transport platforms, the legislation concerning taxis changed the end of last year. There is now a distinction between station vehicles (generally equipped with a taximeter and a light indicator) and so -called street vehicles, for example. The Walloon Region site specifies this: “Any operator, natural or legal person, holder of an authorization to operate a taxi service under the empire of the decree of October 18, 2007, must request an operating license for each vehicle that he wishes to put into service under this decree in the year of his entry into force (CàD before December 1, 2025)”. To obtain this certificate of validity of skills, it is necessary to take an examination organized by Wallonia. “We tried to register at the beginning of the year, but this was not possible. Ditto in early April with this famous Bug Informatique. We contacted the GTL, the national group of taxi and rental cars with driver, of which we are part of more information. We were not the only ones in the case following computer hack. Having to submit our registration before the holidays, without validation by return of email, but we learned that the SPW did not pass any exams in July and August.explains Sylviane Mol.
If there was only that! The documents to be renewed with the municipality came due on June 30 and impossible to put the file in order without the end of missing paper. If it was necessary to push the improbable a little more: “The day after the seizure of the Taxis fleet, as if by chance, we received an email with the schedules of the exam … possible in August. While there was no so much. My son, Vincent and my grandson, Nicolas also in the company were finally able to register this Monday, August 18 in Namur. There were 104 pages to study, purely of the legislation”.
Contacted this Monday, Vincent Hiroux confirms that they both succeeded. “Now, we must notify the SPW so that it sends us the document as well as the certificate of access to the profession. Without that, we still cannot close our file to the city of Tournai and therefore, to reopen”. For the time being, the family does not know when they can again offer its public utility services. On average, 300 to 400 races are carried out per day.
For its part, the prosecution reserves time to unravel this story in order to communicate.
