15,300 taxis operate in Paris, day and night. The owner or operator of the taxi holds a licence permitting parking on the public highway while waiting for customers, in order to carry out, at their request and in exchange for payment, the private transport of people and their belongings.
There's a unique phone number now for all the taxi firms :
01 45 30 30 30 !
Taxi fares
Prices as at 17 April 2007.
Tariff A: 0,82 €/km
Applicable within the city limits from 10am to 5pm. The city limits covers Paris as far as the boulevard périphérique (ring road) inclusive.
Tariff B: 1,10 €/km
Applicable within the city limits from 5pm to 10am and on Sundays and public holidays from 7am to midnight. Applicable in the suburban zone from 7am to 7pm, the suburban zone including all Paris territory situated outside the ring road, the other towns and areas mentioned by the ministerial order dated 10 November 1972 and services to and from Orly and Roissy airports and the Villepinte exhibition centre.
Tariff C: 1,33 €/km
Applicable within the city limits from midnight to 7am on Sundays. Applicable in the suburban zone from 7pm to 7am and on Sundays and public holidays (day and night). Applicable beyond the suburban zone at all times.
When the taxi waits for you or runs slowly, the hour tariff applies:
- Tariff A: 26.28€
- Tariff B: 29.90€
- Tariff C: 27.80€
The standing pick-up charge is 2.10€.
Minimum journey charge, including supplements, is fixed at 5.60€.
Additional charges:
- for each adult passenger from the 4th onwards: 2.70€;
- for luggage, only applies from the second piece of luggage placed in the boot of the vehicle;
- for collection at stations and for the transport of animals are no longer applicable;
- no supplement can be requested from persons with disabilities for a wheelchair and/or the animals accompanying them.
For more details (in French):
www.prefecture-police-paris.interieur.gouv.fr/documentation/
communiques/communique_tarifs_taxis_2005.htm
