# The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Regulations 1995, Paragraph 68: Vehicles used by ECMT operators not established in the United Kingdom or the European Union


(1) A non-UK/EU ECMT vehicle—
(a) brought temporarily into Great Britain by a non-UK/EU ECMT operator,
(b) used for the international carriage of goods,
(c) which is any of the following—
(i) a livestock vehicle;
(ii) a vehicle used for recovery;
(iii) a newly-acquired unladen vehicle being delivered to its final destination;
(iv) a vehicle with a maximum laden weight not exceeding 3.5 tonnes;
(v) a vehicle on a journey for the carriage only of one or more of the goods listed in sub-paragraph (2), and
(d) in the case of a journey in Great Britain, used by the operator on a journey the origin and destination of which are ECMT countries.
(2) The goods are—
(a) a broken-down or damaged vehicle;
(b) goods carried on a non-commercial basis for—
(i) a cinematographic, circus, musical or theatrical performance;
(ii) an exhibition, but only if an artwork or art object for the exhibition;
(iii) a fair, fête or sports event;
(iv) a film, radio or television production;
(c) goods carried from or to an airport in support of an air service that has been diverted;
(d) goods carried on own account;
(e) medical supplies for use in the event of a natural disaster, emergency or other humanitarian need;
(f) postal packets;
(g) provisions, and spare parts, for an aircraft or ocean-going ship;
(h) the remains of a deceased individual.
(3) This paragraph does not exempt the use of a non-UK/EU ECMT vehicle which is—
(a) a Switzerland vehicle, within the meaning given by paragraph 59(2) which is a livestock vehicle;
(b) a Russia vehicle, within the meaning given by paragraph 57(4), which is—
(i) a livestock vehicle, or
(ii) a vehicle on a journey for the carriage only of one or more of the goods listed in sub-paragraph (2)(c), (d) and (h);
(c) a Belarus vehicle, within the meaning given by paragraph 44(3), or a Turkey vehicle, within the meaning given by paragraph 62(2), on a journey for the carriage only of goods carried on own account.
(4) A non-UK/EU ECMT vehicle—
(a) brought temporarily into Great Britain by a non-UK/EU ECMT operator,
(b) used by the operator for the international carriage of goods under a permit granting permission to carry out international removals in the form set out in Annex 2 of the ECMT Multilateral Quota User Guide published in January 2022, for use on journeys to, in or through ECMT countries, and
(c) on which the driver of the vehicle is carrying the permit.
(5) In this paragraph—
“ECMT country” means a country which is a party to the Protocol concerning the European Conference of Ministers of Transport done at Brussels on 17th October 1953;
“non-UK/EU ECMT operator” means, in relation to a non-UK/EU ECMT vehicle, an operator who—
(a)has an effective and stable establishment in the country in which the non-UK/EU ECMT vehicle is registered, and
(b)is authorised under the law of the country in which the operator is established to use a goods vehicle on a road for the international carriage of goods;
“non-UK/EU ECMT vehicle” means a goods vehicle registered in an ECMT country other than the United Kingdom or a member State;
“operator”, in relation to a non-UK/EU ECMT vehicle, means—
(a)the driver of the vehicle, if the vehicle belongs to the driver or is in the driver’s possession under an agreement for hire or hire-purchase, or a loan;
(b)in any other case, the person whose employee or agent the driver is.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2869/schedule/3/paragraph/68 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/goods-vehicles-licensing-of-operators-regulations-1995/schedule-3/paragraph-68
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