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Check if you need to register a trailer to take it abroad, create an account to register your trailer, manage details of registered trailers.
You must register all trailers over 750kg to drive to or through most countries in Europe.
Who needs to get permission from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), types of trailers that need permission and how to apply.
You must apply to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) for…
You need to get permission if you’re a ‘final supplier’ of trailers. Final…
Apply using form TES1. You might also need to send evidence of vehicle…
Towing trailers, caravans and horseboxes with a car, including the weight and size limits, and what licence you need to have
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.
Apply for a trailer identification number (a 'ministry number') to be allocated to a new-build trailer if you'll be applying to use it on the road.
Apply for a trailer over 3,500kg first used before 29 October 2012 to have its first MOT (annual test).
Book a test for your lorry or trailer, apply for replacement certificates, a keeper's certificate or permission to supply a large goods trailer
Guidance and reports on the Department for Transport's trial of longer semi-trailers for articulated goods vehicles.
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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