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John Martin RHA Policy Manager for Northern Ireland.
NEW EU REQUIREMENTS FOR “POSTING” OF DRIVERS INCLUDING CABOTAGE AND CROSS TRADE JOURNEYS A new EU Directive came into effect on the 2nd February, introducing new requirements for a ‘Posting of Workers Declaration’ (Using the Internal Marketing Information’ Platform - IMI). unload them at another point in any of those countries. There are no fees to register your journeys.
This is a mandatory requirement for operators (Both own account and hire/reward) using vehicles and drivers for certain journeys within the EU including cabotage (Picking up and delivering a load within a member state.) and cross trade (Picking up a load within a member state and delivering it to another Member State). This is part of the wider Mobility Package which is affecting ALL EU & UK transport operators doing international movements including within Ireland. The new provisions do not apply to operators whose vehicles provide international transport services to or from the UK into EU Member States or onwards into 3rd party countries or return journeys. These new requirements apply equally to GB and NI road transport operators that fall within scope with information provided by the UK Government which can be accessed via the following link https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ declare-youre-transportinggoods-inside-the-eu-iceland-
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Your drivers are sometimes called posted workers if they’re working on a journey like this. https://europa.eu/youreurope/ citizens/work/work-abroad/ posted-workers/index_en.htm
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• HGVs
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• HGVs towing trailers
The scheme applies to the use of the following vehicles for commercial purposes including:
WHICH JOURNEYS YOU MUST REGISTER
• vans of any size or other light goods vehicles (sometimes called ‘light commercial vehicles’) • vans towing trailers • cars towing trailers
You must register the journey if you transport goods between 2 points in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway for commercial purposes. This means that you load goods at one point and
This includes: cabotage jobs loading goods in one of these countries and unloading them at a different place in the same country, using a vehicle registered in the UK; cross-trade jobs - loading goods in one of these countries and unloading them in different one of these countries, using a vehicle registered in the UK; and moving goods for your own business’ use - You must also register journeys where you move goods for your own business’ use between these countries. This includes if your business is not mainly about moving goods. If you’re a Northern Ireland vehicle operator you need to
