Taxi in Wallonia: licence, street taxi, platforms and route sheet

1. The Walloon reform

The new Walloon taxi reform entered into force on 1 December 2024. It replaces the old framework and creates a clear distinction between rank taxi, street taxi, special-purpose transport and social-purpose transport. SPW Mobility and the Walloon Region detail this reform.

Wallonia wanted to integrate Uber-type platforms without fully deregulating the market. The street taxi is the service requested via an electronic platform, without taximeter — "Uber-type".

2. Categories in Wallonia

Rank taxi

This is the classic taxi, operated with a vehicle equipped with a taximeter or approved equivalent equipment. The Walloon decree states that only rank taxis are taxis within the meaning of the Highway Code. They may use taxi ranks in the municipality that issued the authorisation.

Street taxi

In Wallonia, street taxi is defined as a service operated exclusively via an electronic transport intermediation service. Unlike Brussels, there is no "street taxi off-platform" logic in Wallonia: street taxi = approved electronic platform.

Special-purpose transport

Ceremonies, airport shuttles, PRM transport, hotel shuttles, etc. — transport meeting specific needs, with predefined conditions between operator and client. SPW Mobility notably lists Annex 13 (transport contract and booking form) and Annex 14 (route sheet) for this type of service.

3. Is there a Chiron equivalent in Wallonia?

Not in the same way. In the official sources consulted, there is no operational equivalent of Chiron with test/production registration and systematic sending of each trip as in Flanders.

The Walloon decree does however provide for a central file managed by the Administration, containing data on operators, drivers, platforms, vehicles and trips: operator, driver, plate, date, departure and arrival locations and times.

Wallonia ≠ Chiron. But Wallonia = licence, document, control, data and traceability obligations.

4. Operating licence

To operate a taxi service, the operator must have an operating licence, applied for from the relevant municipality. SPW Mobility states that this licence covers rank or street taxis.

The operator must have a stable and effective establishment in the Walloon Region, allowing access to important documents: transport contracts, vehicle documents, accounts, staff, social security, etc.

The application mentions notably service type (street or rank taxi), number of vehicles, plates and chassis, parking locations and the transport manager's access to profession certificate.

Quotas

Wallonia limits the number of taxis per municipality: 1 rank taxi per 1,500 inhabitants and 1 street taxi per 1,500 inhabitants. If the quota is reached, a waiting list may be established.

Licence duration

• 7 years for standard vehicles;
• 10 years for vehicles adapted for wheelchair transport;
• 10 years for zero-emission electric or hydrogen vehicles.

5. Driver competence certificate

The driver must have a competence certificate issued by the municipality. It is mandatory for rank and street taxi drivers, and must be revalidated each year between 1 January and 31 March. Wallonia — official procedure

If the driver works in several municipalities, they must hold the competence certificate from all municipalities in which they practise.

Notable conditions: at least 21 years old, valid category B licence, medical fitness, recent criminal record extract, morality requirements.

6. Uber, Bolt and approved platforms

In Wallonia, Uber and Bolt fall under electronic transport intermediation service: a natural or legal person who, via an electronic platform, connects operators with people wishing to travel.

The platform must be approved by the Walloon Government. To obtain this approval, it must notably have a business unit in Belgium, a BCE or VAT number, comply with taxi regulation and social, tax and operational transparency obligations. Approval application. Approval is valid for 5 years, renewable.

Uber and Bolt do not replace the licence. The operator must have their Walloon taxi licence. The driver must have their competence certificate. Uber also states that you must complete training, the exam, the access to profession certificate, then apply for a licence to operate a street or rank taxi — and that only street and rank taxis are eligible for intermediation platforms.

7. Daily route sheet

In Wallonia, the daily route sheet does not concern rank taxis only. The executing order provides that every vehicle assigned to a taxi service must carry a daily route sheet relating to the vehicle's movements, drawn up according to annex 15.

This covers rank taxi, street taxi, rank taxi via platform and street taxi via Uber/Bolt or another approved platform. There is no "Uber" exception.

The sheet may be electronic, must be consultable at all times if electronic, and sheets must be kept at head office for a minimum of 3 years. The operator organises the route sheet; the driver must be able to complete it or make it consultable during service. The digital version may be kept via a tool such as TaxiGer.

It must cover the vehicle's operating day: movements, trips, breaks, possible private use. If a taxi vehicle is used for private purposes, the driver must have completed the route sheet before private use begins, in an unalterable manner.

The platform may provide booking, price, client and route data — but that does not remove the vehicle route sheet obligation.

Complete guide: taxi route sheet in Wallonia →

8. Parking, fares and documents on board

Street taxis may not park on taxi ranks. Street taxi drivers on duty may not park or make round trips within 100 metres of a taxi rank, except for a booked trip.

For rank taxis not reserved via platform, the order sets minimum and maximum prices: pickup charge, price per kilometre, waiting charge, night supplement, etc.

For street taxis and rank taxis reserved via platform, the order sets a minimum price: €1.65/km and €8 minimum for the trip (amounts indexed from 1 January 2026).

The vehicle must display a visible information sheet inside (licence type, operator, municipality, identification number, vehicle model). It must also be equipped with an electronic payment system and a system to provide a transport certificate to the client.

9. Interregional: Wallonia ↔ Brussels / Flanders

If a taxi authorised in another Region carries out a trip on Walloon territory, no one may board in Wallonia, unless the trip was booked and accepted before entering Walloon territory.

A Brussels taxi picking up a client in Brussels and dropping them in Namur: logical interregional case. If they stay in Namur with the app open for Namur → Namur trips: high risk without Walloon licence.

Taxi Brussels ↔ Flanders guide →

10. Sanctions

Putting a vehicle on the road without licence or authorisation may result in imprisonment of 8 days to 3 months and/or a fine of €100 to €10,000. Operating an electronic intermediation service without approval is also targeted.

Driving without competence certificate: fine of €50 to €3,000. The vehicle may be seized in case of missing licence, authorisation, access to profession or insurance.

Summary: Flanders, Brussels, Wallonia

Compare with Brussels: rank taxi vs street taxi →

Conclusion

In Wallonia, you must reason in terms of municipality + licence + taxi type + approved platform + driver certificate + route sheet. Having an active Uber or Bolt account is not enough: the platform is an intermediary, not a licence.

FAQ

Official sources

• SPW Mobility — Taxi reform entry into force
• Walloon decree on taxi services (2024)
• Walloon taxi implementing order (2024)
• Wallonia — Taxi operating licence
• Uber — Taxi licence in Wallonia