Guidance and regulation

Rules on drivers’ hours and tachographs for vehicles used for the carriage of goods in Great Britain and abroad.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 2 September 2022

What UK goods vehicle operators need to do to carry out international road haulage.

• From: Department for Transport and 2 others
• Updated: 8 February 2024

Rules on drivers’ hours and tachographs for passenger vehicles in Great Britain and abroad.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 2 September 2022

Guidance for haulage companies and commercial drivers moving accompanied (self-drive) RoRo freight and unaccompanied RoRo freight between Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and the European Union.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 30 April 2024

You must register commercial trailers over 750kg gross weight and all trailers over 3,500kg gross weight before towing them through some European countries.

• From: Department for Transport and 3 others
• Updated: 28 March 2019

Simplified rules for drivers of large goods vehicles and passenger-carrying vehicles, including how long you can drive and work, and the breaks you should take.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 28 March 2017

A reference leaflet about drivers' hours for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 25 January 2011

A summary of working time regulations for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and public service vehicle (PSV) drivers and crew ('mobile workers').

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 19 July 2013

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.

• From: Department for Transport and 2 others
• Updated: 18 March 2022

Find out which licences and permits you need to operate vehicles with a gross vehicle weight above 3.5 tonnes on international journeys from the UK.

• From: Department for Transport and 2 others
• Updated: 26 March 2024

What transport companies and couriers need to do to use vans and car and trailers over 2.5 tonnes to transport goods in Europe.

• From: Department for Transport and 2 others
• Updated: 21 May 2022

Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and trailer documents you need to legally cross international borders in a UK-registered vehicle.

• From: Department for Transport and 3 others
• Updated: 1 April 2022

Permits to travel to or through European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) member countries, and the rules you have to follow.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 24 July 2023

Get a UK Licence for the Community to transport goods by road to or through the EU, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, and the rules you have to follow.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 31 December 2020

A reference leaflet about drivers' hours for bus and coach (PSV) drivers.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 25 January 2011

Check which documents you need to carry if you drive a bus or coach that crosses international borders.

• From: Department for Transport and 2 others
• Updated: 18 March 2022

Check the rules on how many international road haulage jobs you can do inside an EU country (cabotage) or between EU countries (cross-trade).

• From: Department for Transport and 2 others
• Updated: 2 February 2022

Make a ‘posting declaration’ when your drivers use HGVs, vans or trailers to transport goods between 2 points in the EU.

• From: Department for Transport and 2 others
• Updated: 2 February 2022

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.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 20 September 2022

Advice for organisations and people using road transport operators based abroad to transport goods into, out of and within the UK.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 27 September 2023