The Goods Vehicles (International Road Transport Permits and Haulage Within the EU) Regulations 2024

Types of permit

5.—(1) The types of permit that may be granted by the Secretary of State under these Regulations are—

(a) a permit which allows the use of a goods vehicle on multiple journeys to, in or through ECMT countries in a period of up to one year in accordance with the ECMT Multilateral Quota User Guide published in January 2022(1) (an “ECMT annual permit”);

(b) a permit granting permission to carry out international removals in the form set out in Annex 2 of the ECMT Multilateral Quota User Guide published in January 2022, for use on journeys to, in or through ECMT countries (an “ECMT international removal permit”);

(c) a short-term ECMT licence valid for 30 calendar days in accordance with the ECMT Multilateral Quota User Guide published in January 2022, for use on journeys to, in or through ECMT countries (an “ECMT short-term permit”);

(d) a permit which allows the use of a goods vehicle on multiple journeys to, in or through a specified listed country in a period of up to one year (a “multiple-use permit”);

(e) a permit (a “single-use permit”) which allows the use of a goods vehicle—

(i) on a single journey to, in or through any one or more specified listed countries;

(ii) in the case of a specified listed country in relation to which an agreement makes such provision, on two journeys comprising one journey to a specified listed country followed by one journey from that specified listed country to the United Kingdom, whether or not either of those journeys are in or through any other specified listed country.

(2) In this regulation “specified listed country” means a listed country in relation to which there is an agreement, in addition to, or other than, the ECMT agreements, which provides for the issuing of permits.

(1)

The ECMT Multilateral Quota User Guide is available at: https://www.itf-oecd.org/sites/default/files/docs/guide_2022_0.pdf. A hard copy can be obtained on request from the International Road Haulage Permit Office: email [e-mail] or telephone [phone].