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Hauliers who make international journeys for hire or reward within the European Community (EC) must hold both a Community Authorisation and a Standard International operator's licence.
Community Authorisation allows drivers to use a single permit for trips between all EC member states. The Authorisation also allows transit traffic through EC member states and to and from non-member countries.
Community Authorisations also allow cabotage, ie journeys entirely within one other EC member state.
Community transit and the EC
Most regulations on the international carriage of goods by road within the European Union (EU) have been harmonised as part of the single market. Journeys between the UK and other EU member states are governed by common rules.
The 27 EU member states are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
As well as applying in the 27 member states of the EU, Community Authorisation is also valid in the four member states of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA): Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
Three EFTA states (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) belong to the European Economic Area (EEA), which unites the 27 EU member states and the EFTA countries in an internal market. Many EU regulations are applied in all the EEA countries. However, in some areas local laws still apply and therefore conditions vary between countries.
How to apply for Community Authorisation
Community Authorisations are issued automatically, free of charge to any haulier who has been granted a Standard International operator's licence. They are for use only by the operator to whom they are issued.
The issuing authority for Community Authorisation is the National Licensing Office.
The National Licensing Office sends out authorisation documents and international licence documents. For each licence, Community Authorisation documents comprise:
the Community Authorisation, which must be kept in the vehicle operator's main office so that it can be inspected by enforcement agencies
certified copies of the Authorisation - an operator can request a certified copy for each of the vehicles authorised by the Standard International operator's licence
Certified copies of the Authorisation are not specific to any one vehicle. A certified copy of a Community Authorisation must be carried on the vehicle on all international journeys and must be presented to any enforcement official on request. It is an offence not to do so. The original must be kept at the operating centre.
Validity of the Community Authorisation
Community Authorisations are issued for five-year periods. The first period starts on the date that the International Goods Vehicle Operator's Licence is first issued. In any circumstances where a Traffic Commissioner is considering revoking an international licence, they will also consider withdrawing the Community Authorisation.
If Community Authorisation documents are lost, damaged or stolen, you must inform the Traffic Area Office which issued the Authorisation. You must also return the documents when a licence is surrendered or otherwise terminated.
( linda )18 Oct,2011
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