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You must register commercial trailers over 750kg gross weight and all trailers over 3,500kg gross weight before towing them through some European countries.
Check if you need to register a trailer to take it abroad, create an account to register your trailer, manage details of registered trailers.
Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and trailer documents you need to legally cross international borders in a UK-registered vehicle.
Checks you should carry out every time you tow a trailer, caravan or horsebox with a car, to make sure you're towing safely and legally.
What transport companies and couriers need to do to use vans and car and trailers over 2.5 tonnes to transport goods in Europe.
Check which documents you need to carry if you're the driver or a passenger in a lorry or other heavy goods vehicle (HGV) that crosses international borders.
Get a goods movement reference to move goods through locations which use the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.
Check which vehicle documents you need to carry if you drive a bus or coach across international borders.
Towing trailers, caravans and horseboxes with a car, including the weight and size limits, and what licence you need to have
What UK bus and coach operators need to do to provide services, tours, holidays and trips into Europe and other countries.
Check if you need an international driving permit (IDP) to drive abroad on holiday and how to exchange your licence if you move abroad - including driving in the EU after Brexit.
The rules about towing a trailer or caravan with a car changed on 16 December 2021. Find out how the changes affect you.
Find out which licence and fuel you need for agricultural vehicles and which tax and operator's licence exemptions might apply to you.
Rates and allowances for travel including mileage and fuel allowances.
How to get refrigerated or heated vans, trucks and trailers approved to transport perishable food in or out of the UK, and the documents you need to have.
Rules on certificates you need to provide and details you need to record when selling small trailers and larger trailers that are exempt from annual testing.
Work out if you’re old enough or have the right kind of licence to tow a trailer from different kinds of vehicle
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