CHAPTER IINTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

Article 2

1

This Regulation shall apply to the carriage by road:

a

of goods where the maximum permissible mass of the vehicle, including any trailer, or semi-trailer, exceeds 3,5 tonnes, F1 or

F2aa

from 1 July 2026 , of goods in international transport operations or in cabotage operations, where the maximum permissible mass of the vehicle, including any trailer, or semi-trailer, exceeds 2,5 tonnes, or

b

of passengers by vehicles which are constructed or permanently adapted for carrying more than nine persons including the driver, and are intended for that purpose.

F32

This Regulation shall apply, irrespective of the country of registration of the vehicle, to carriage by road undertaken in the United Kingdom where that carriage is undertaken exclusively within the United Kingdom or the area consisting of the United Kingdom and the European Union.

3

The AETR shall apply, irrespective of the country of registration of the vehicle, to carriage by road undertaken in the United Kingdom where that carriage is part of international road transport operations undertaken in part outside the area consisting of the United Kingdom and the European Union.