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Apply for permits to transport goods to, through or from European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) countries, and the rules you must follow.
Find out about the help you can get to run your business safely and efficiently if you've been a vehicle operator for less than 6 months.
What road hauliers must do when travelling to the UK, to prevent people using their vehicles to enter the UK illegally.
Guidance to drivers on changes in the law which allow category B licence holders to drive alternatively fuelled vehicles (AFVs) up to 4.25 tonnes.
Sets out the punctuality and reliability standards for the operation of registered local bus services.
Sets out the way in which traffic commissioners, and staff delegated to act on their behalf, approach the management of casework.
Find out what to do when you transport goods under a transit movement into or through the UK from common transit countries.
Check the rules on how many international road haulage jobs you can do inside an EU country (cabotage) or between EU countries (cross-trade).
Apply for permits to travel to or through Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Norway, Russia, Tunisia, Turkey and Ukraine.
How ‘quiet deliveries’ can improve roads by allowing deliveries to be made outside of normal delivery hours using methods to reduce noise and disturbances.
A guide on how to avoid overloading heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and the effect it has on vehicles and the road.
How the civil penalty accreditation scheme works.
Sets out the administration and practicalities for making decisions available to interested parties.
Sets out the requirements of traffic commissioners and staff acting on their behalf in relation to appeals.
Video to help developers and operators of roadside HGV parking and driver welfare facilities to submit high quality planning applications.
Translations of the service to pay a DVSA fine for vehicle defects, breaking the rules around drivers’ hours, and other offences.
How to use the dual registration measure if you are a specialist events haulier.
How to check for people trying to hide in your vehicle or trailer, and make your vehicle secure, so that you comply with the clandestine entrant penalty scheme.
Explains how to access funding to transport freight by rail and water, rather than by road, and provides details of grants awarded.
Helping current or potential new operators safely use longer-semi trailers.
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