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Email DVSA to apply.

DVSA International Road Haulage Permits Office

shorttermecmt@dvsa.gov.uk

You need to include:

• your operator licence number
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• proof that you’ll be travelling to this country beforeduring BrexitOctober 2019 (for example, a contract to import and export, or evidence of recent or regular travel to the country)
• how many permits you need (up to a maximum of 5)
• which type of vehicle you’ll use (Euro V or Euro VI)
• the vehicle registration numbers (number plates)
• the vehicle and trailer types and makes
• the vehicle identification numbers (VINs)
• the vehicle engine types and numbers

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To buy permits, you need:

• your username and password to manage your vehicle operator licence
• a debit or credit card to pay the application fee

When you sign in, select the Permits tab.

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2020 permits

Check back for updates about how to apply for permits for 2020.

Fees

You have to pay £20 for each individual permit. You pay £10 immediately, and then another £10 to have the permit issued when your details have been checked.

Rules for using the permits

You can use an ECMT permit to make an unlimited number of journeys within:

• a calendar year, if you have an annual permit
• 30 days of the start date on the permit, if you have a short-term permit

You can only use your original permit. You cannot:

• make copies of it
• transfer it to other vehicle operators or businesses
• use it in more than one vehicle at a time

Do not laminate the permit, as it may be stamped at checkpoints by competent authorities.checkpoints.

You must only use a permit in one vehicle at a time.

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You cannot use ECMT permits:permits you’re allocated:

• to travel through ECMT member countries on journeys to non-ECMT member countries
• for cabotage
• for unaccompanied trailers or semi-trailers
• with vehicles of a different Euro emissions class to that shown on the permit

Get an ECMT ‘certificate of compliance’ for vehicles and trailers

You must carry an ECMT ‘certificate of compliance’ in your vehicle and trailer. CertificatesThey must confirm the vehicle meets the correct Euro emissions standard and the trailer meets the technical safety requirements.

If your permit application is successful, request a certificate from your vehicle or trailer manufacturer, or contact DVSA for advice.

DVSA International Road Haulage Permits Office

irhp@dvsa.gov.uk

Get an ECMT ‘certificate of roadworthiness’ for vehicles and trailers

You must carry an ECMT ‘certificate of roadworthiness’ for your vehicle and trailer.

If your permit application is successful,successful and you do not already have a certificate, email DVSA to requestget a certificate.one.

DVSA International Road Haulage Permits Office

irhp@dvsa.gov.uk

Meet the ECMT Quality Charter

You must meet the ECMT Quality Charter when you use ECMT permits.requirements.

If you have a standard international operator licence,licence

You you already meet the requirements of the charter.charter if you have a standard international operator licence

If you have a restricted or standard national operator licence

If you have a restricted or standard national operator licence,licence you need to:

• have a transport manager
• give proof you have the higher levels of financial standing needed for a standard international licence

You can also apply for a standard international licence before the UK leaves the EU to show you meet the ECMT Quality Charter.

Fill in the short-term30-day permit before a journey

You need to write in the ‘valid from’ and ‘valid to’ dates on your permit before the journey.

Fill in the ECMT log book before a journey

Each ECMT permit comes with a log book.

Before you start a journey, you must fill in the permit’s log book (in pen, not pencil) with a full record of all the journey’s details. Use a permanent ink pen.

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The driver will need to carry these documents for all of the outward and return journey:

• the ECMT permit
• the ECMT permit log book
• the ECMT certificate of compliance for the vehicle and trailer
• a certificate of roadworthiness for the vehicle and trailer

The driver must show the documents at control checkpoints when asked to do so.asked.

Find out how different ECMT member countries carry out inspectionschecks.

Check what other vehicle documents and driver documents the driver needs to carry on international journeys.

Send journey records to DVSA

The ECMT log book contains a duplicate (carbon copy) of journey records.

You must send the duplicate records to DVSA within 2 weeks of the end of the calendar month the journey ended in.

Lost, damaged or stolen permits

Contact DVSA straight away if you lose or damage a permit, or if one is stolen.

You should also tell the police if a permit is stolen.

DVSA International Road Haulage Permits Office

irhp@dvsa.gov.uk

Telephone: 0330 678 1117

Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

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If you give up your operator licence

YouSend need to return your ECMT permits and log books to DVSA if you apply to give up (‘surrender’) your vehicle operator licence.