Public Regulation of Transportation Network Companies

1 Summary Public Regulation of Transportation Network Companies This thesis deals with the Czech public law regulation regarding the personal transport sector of the so called shared economy. In the beginning this thesis defines terms of shared economy and the Transportation Network Companies, which allegedly participate in the shared economy. Then this thesis deals with the problem, whether Transportation Network Companies (for simplification referred to as Transportation Applications) offering their services in the Czech Republic are subject to public law regulation governing the rights and obligations of personal transport operators. In the beginning the thesis explains operating conditions of Transportation Applications since their specific and innovative way of providing personal transport is a reason of social and legal controversies surrounding them. This thesis analyses legal status of Transportation Applications called BlaBlaCar, Uber and Taxify. Analysis of the current legal qualification of Transportation Applications begins on the level of European Union law and the decision-making practice of the Court of Justice of the European Union. This thesis offers two options of legal qualification of Transportation Applications under the European law and it outlines legal problems resulting from..