Guidance

Trailer registration

Guidance on registering UK trailers before towing them abroad.

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Trailer registration guidance

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You must register commercial trailers over 750kg and all trailers over 3,500kg before they can travel through countries that have ratified the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic.

This guidance provides information on:

  • using a trailer internationally up to 27 March 2019 and after 28 March 2019
  • the trailer registration process
  • what happens after you’ve registered
  • enforcement of the registration scheme

See also

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Published 28 February 2019

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