Manilva Town Hall has approved a new call for the exam to obtain the Taxi Driver Aptitude Certificate, according to the decree signed by mayor Mario Jiménez Rodríguez on 6 October 2025 and published on the municipal Electronic Office.
This test is a mandatory requirement to work professionally as a driver or holder of a taxi licence in the municipality, in accordance with Article 29 of Decree 84/2021 of the Junta de Andalucía, which regulates public passenger transport in passenger cars.
A public and regulated procedure
The municipal resolution approves the rules that will govern the process, establishing that applicants will have a period of ten calendar days from the day after publication on the Notice Board and on the Town Hall’s Electronic Office to submit their applications.
Applicants must provide:
- Photocopy of the DNI and of a class B or higher driving licence.
- Medical certificate of physical and psychological fitness.
- Criminal record certificate.
- Proof of payment of the exam fee, set at 15 euros (non-amendable).
The procedure provides for the publication of provisional and final lists of admitted and excluded applicants, with periods for appeals, and the official publication of all administrative acts through the institutional channels.
Exam content
The exam will consist of a questionnaire of 20 written-answer questions with a maximum duration of one hour.
The questions will assess knowledge of the municipality and its surroundings, regional and local regulations on the taxi service, the fare system and users’ rights, especially those of people with disabilities.
Candidates will need to answer at least 12 questions correctly to obtain a grade of Pass. Applicants may consult the Municipal Taxi Ordinance during the test.
Background to the sector
The call comes after a period of tension between the Town Hall and the local taxi sector. Last August, the Asociación del Taxi de Manilva criticised the lack of communication and transparency in the previous call for the exam, and later, in September, the group appealed to the Junta de Andalucía against the municipal decision to request three new taxi licences.
On 22 September, the Junta’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport issued an unfavourable report on that expansion, considering that the municipality already exceeds the maximum permitted ratio of licences, 0.60 per 1,000 inhabitants, and that “it is neither appropriate nor timely to authorise new licences” as there are 15 in operation for a population of 18,099 inhabitants.
A new step in regularising the service
With this new call, Manilva Town Hall is restarting the professional certification process for drivers, with the aim of guaranteeing the quality and legality of the service and normalising the sector’s administrative situation after the controversies of the summer.
