New Brexit licence May 22
Note that hauliers will require a new £1100 licence to operate to and from UK / EU from 21 May 2022. Also note this includes cars towing a trailer over 2.5 T. Does anyone know whether there are any moves afoot towards similar for cars towing caravans? Sunlit uplands eh!
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Can you provide a link, VV, so we can read what it's all about?
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I think it will only apply for commercial use. Trailers over 2.5 tons already have to be registered for EU use. I had to register my fifth wheel, pretty easy to do and cost £25. We were stopped at a services in Spain and documents checked including trailer registration. We were checked again at Bilbao port.
JK
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Probably only American stuff. My fifth wheel trailer is just under 6 tons loaded. The law means trailers not just caravans. I have a friend with a race car transporter which tips the scale at 4.5 tons
JK
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I saw a general article and went to gov.uk - Brexit: business guidance.
Appreciate that a 2.5t tlr will negate most if not all caravans but just wondered whether anyone had seen any similar Brexit small-print that is now emerging and which may target caravanners as I'm just about to get one?
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Here is the link to the Government webpage https://www.gov.uk/guidance/transport-goods-in-and-out-of-the-uk-using-vans-or-car-and-trailers-from-21-may-2022
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Thanks, David.
VV, it's all about international road haulage and needing to add vehicles/trailers to transport operators' licences, or obtain such a licence. This is a long standing scheme and the latest appears to be a tweak in view of our having left the EU.
In view of the above, I wouldn't expect it to be extended to non-goods traffic but that's only my view.
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Not just trailers, IIUC. Any vehicle over 2.5T carrying "goods" has new hoops to jump through. Motorhomers need to be careful what they have in their garage - no bulk supplies of Yorkshire Tea for their mate who owns a one-stop in Benidorm.
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