Road haulage permit

Road haulage permit

1) Road haulage permit needed to transit/enter countries with which UK has negotiated agreement. Available in many forms from IRFO (under allocation system).

Illegal to travel without valid permit, to transfer permit or use one in another name, etc - heavy penalties imposed on offenders. To be abolished for inter-EU transport under provisions of SEM. See also Bi-lateral and Multi-lateral permit.

Source: David Lowe. The Dictionary of Transport and Logistics. Kogan Page, 2002. – P.208 (288 p.)