Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 25th April 2024 Issue no. 1111
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Transporting goods from/to the EU? Prepare now for ‘EU posting of drivers’ portal
From 2nd February, the EU is introducing new rules which mean that if you operate loaded goods journeys in and between European Member States (cabotage or cross-trade) and some other countries including the UK, you may need to register information digitally about your journeys on a new EU web-based portal.
This will include details of the operator, driver, driver employment details, dates of travel and the vehicle used, before the journey commences.
This will apply to you if you use:
* vans of any size or other light goods vehicles (sometimes called 'light commercial vehicles')
* vans towing trailers
* cars towing trailers
* HGVs
* HGVs towing trailers
This will also apply to you if you transport goods between two points in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway for commercial purposes. This includes:
* cabotage jobs
* cross-trade jobs
* moving goods for your own business's use
The EU has informed us that the portal will be available ahead of 2nd February. To use the service, you will need to register, then you will be able to add details of your drivers to reuse when adding journeys. You can prepare now by getting your information ready ahead of the portal opening for registrations.
Find out more at:
13th January 2022