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Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Directive 2006/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 on the use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road, and in particular Article 3a(8) thereof,

After consulting the Committee established by Article 5b(1) of Directive 2006/1/EC,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Article 3a(1) of Directive 2006/1/EC, data relating to vehicles hired without a driver that are used by undertakings which engage in the carriage of goods by road for hire or reward are to be included in the national electronic register referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (the national electronic registers).

(2) Under Article 3a(3) of Directive 2006/1/EC, Member States are to use the European Register of Road Undertakings (ERRU) to exchange information on vehicles hired without drivers. For that information to be exchanged smoothly, minimum requirements on the data to be introduced in the national electronic register are to be established.

(3) Commission Decision 2009/992/EU set up minimum requirements for data to be entered in the national electronic register of road transport undertakings. In order to facilitate the interconnection of national registers also as regards data relating to vehicles hired without drivers, additional data relating to vehicles hired without drivers should be included in the national electronic registers.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The minimum requirements for the data relating to vehicles hired without a driver to be entered in the national electronic registers shall be the following: Data category Data item Additional description of data field Length Authorisation Vehicle registration number Free text alpha-numeric field 1-15 Country of Registration of the Vehicle Selected from two letter code ISO 3166-1 alpha 2 2

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 July 2024. For the Commission Adina-Ioana Vălean Member of the Commission

Versions

1. 2024-07-11

Cited by

• Council Decision (EU) 2025/2417 of 27 October 2025 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Specialised Committee on Road Transport established by the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part, on the national electronic registers of road transport undertakings and the modalities of the exchange of information contained in those registers Decision · Grade B

  The minimum requirements for the data to be entered in the national electronic registers established by competent authorities in each Party in accordance with Article 13 of Section 1 of Part A of Annex 31 to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement shall be as set out in the Annex to the Commission Decision 2009/992/EU and in Article 1 of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2164, as adapted by the following paragraphs.

• Council Decision (EU) 2025/2417 of 27 October 2025 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Specialised Committee on Road Transport established by the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part, on the national electronic registers of road transport undertakings and the modalities of the exchange of information contained in those registers Decision · Grade B

  For the purpose of this Decision, the data item Country of Registration of the Vehicle referred to in Article 1 of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2164 shall, in the case of the United Kingdom, be set by default to UK.