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

Application for permit

8.—(1) To obtain a permit, an operator must—

(a) make an application to the Secretary of State, and

(b) pay the application fee, if any such fee is payable.

(2) The application must include the following—

(a) the name of—

(i) the operator,

(ii) any listed country to, in or through which the operator proposes to use a goods vehicle on a journey to which the application relates, and

(iii) the type of permit applied for;

(b) the address of the operator;

(c) an explanation as to whether any journey to which the application relates is to, in or through each listed country named in accordance with paragraph (2)(a)(ii);

(d) any request relating to the date on which the permit should take effect;

(e) a description of the goods the operator intends to carry on any journey to which the application relates;

(f) details of the goods vehicle the operator intends to use on any journey to which the application relates, including particulars of the gaseous and particulate pollutants emitted by the engine propelling the vehicle;

(g) if the operator is required to hold an operator’s licence for any journey to which the application relates(1), the number of that licence;

(h) if the application is for a type of permit under which the operator may make more than one journey, an estimate of the number and frequency of the journeys.

(1)

The operator of a goods vehicle may be obligated to hold an operator’s licence, in Great Britain, under section 2 of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995 or, in Northern Ireland, under section 1 of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010.