Guidance

Trailer registration

Guidance on registering UK trailers before towing them abroad.

From:
Department for Transport, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, and Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
Published
28 February 2019

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This guidance is out of date and has been withdrawn. See the latest trailer registration guidance.

Documents

Trailer registration guidance

PDF, 295 KB, 13 pages

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Details

You must register commercial trailers over 750kg and all trailers over 3,500kg before they can travel through countries that have ratified the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic.

Register your trailer to take it abroad

This guidance provides information on:

  • using a trailer internationally up to 27 March 2019 and after 28 March 2019
  • the trailer registration process
  • what happens after you’ve registered
  • enforcement of the registration scheme

See also

Published 28 February 2019