Article 1 Scope

carriage of mail as a universal service;

carriage of vehicles which have suffered damage or breakdown;

carriage of goods in motor vehicles the permissible laden mass of which, including that of trailers, does not exceed F42.5 tonnes;

carriage of goods in motor vehicles provided the following conditions are fulfilled:

1. (i)

   the goods carried are the property of the undertaking or have been sold, bought, let out on hire or hired, produced, extracted, processed or repaired by the undertaking;

2. (ii)

   the purpose of the journey is to carry the goods to or from the undertaking or to move them, either inside or outside the undertaking for its own requirements;

3. (iii)

   motor vehicles used for such carriage are driven by personnel employed by, or put at the disposal of, the undertaking under a contractual obligation;

4. (iv)

   the vehicles carrying the goods are owned by the undertaking, have been bought by it on deferred terms or have been hired provided that in the latter case they meet the conditions of Directive 2006/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 on the use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road^f1; and

5. (v)

   such carriage is no more than ancillary to the overall activities of the undertaking;

carriage of medicinal products, appliances, equipment and other articles required for medical care in emergency relief, in particular for natural disasters.