European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020

24 International road haulage U.K.

(1) The 2009 Regulation is amended in accordance with this section.

(2) In Article 2(2) (meaning of “international carriage”), as amended by regulation 13(3)(b) of the 2019 regulations—

(a) in point (e), omit “or”;

(b) at the end of point (f), insert “; or

(g) a laden journey undertaken by a vehicle from the United Kingdom between two Member States which follows a journey referred to in point (a).”

(3) In Article 8 (general principle of cabotage), as amended by regulation 13(9) of the 2019 regulations, in paragraph 2, for “three cabotage operations”, in each place it appears, substitute “ two cabotage operations ”.

(4) In this section—

• “the 2009 Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international road haulage market;

• “the 2019 regulations” means the Licensing of Operators and International Road Haulage (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/708).

Commencement Information

I1 S. 24 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1662, reg. 2(v)