The Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order 2010

Amendments to article 5 of the principal Order (Excise exemption and documents for vehicles brought temporarily into the United Kingdom

4.—(1) Article 5 of the principal Order is further amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (2)(b) is substituted—

“(b) in a case of a vehicle being used for or in connection with—

(i) international carriage or a cabotage operation within the scope of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services or the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for access to the international road haulage market, or

(ii) a type of carriage which is exempt from any Community authorisation and from any carriage authorisation under the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of common rules for certain types of carriage of goods by road,

the vehicle shall be exempt from excise duty if and so long as the vehicle is being used in accordance with whichever of those instruments is applicable to the use of the vehicle.”

(3) In paragraph (9), for the definitions of “the Council Regulation on common rules for the international carriage of passengers by coach and bus”, “the Council Regulation on access to the market in the carriage of goods within the Community”, “the Council Regulation on passenger transport cabotage” and “the Council Regulation on goods transport cabotage” are substituted the following definitions—

““the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services” means Regulation (EC) No. 1073/2009 of 21 October 2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services and amending Regulation (EC) No. 561/2006 (1); and

“the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for access to the international road haulage market” means Regulation (EC) No.1072/2009 of 21 October 2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for access to the international road haulage market.”(2).

(1)

O.J. L300, 14.11.2009, p.88.

(2)

O.J. L300, 14.11.2009, p.72.