1.‘Means of transport’ as referred to in Article 56 and point (g) of the first paragraph of Article 59 of Directive 2006/112/EC shall include vehicles, whether motorised or not, and other equipment and devices designed to transport persons or objects from one place to another, which might be pulled, drawn or pushed by vehicles and which are normally designed to be used and actually capable of being used for transport.
2.The means of transport referred to in paragraph 1 shall include, in particular, the following vehicles:
(a)land vehicles, such as cars, motor cycles, bicycles, tricycles and caravans;
(b)trailers and semi-trailers;
(c)railway wagons;
(d)vessels;
(e)aircraft;
(f)vehicles specifically designed for the transport of sick or injured persons;
(g)agricultural tractors and other agricultural vehicles;
(h)mechanically or electronically propelled invalid carriages.
3.Vehicles which are permanently immobilised and containers shall not be considered to be means of transport as referred to in paragraph 1.
1.For the application of Article 56 of Directive 2006/112/EC, the duration of the continuous possession or use of a means of transport which is the subject of hiring shall be determined on the basis of the contract between the parties involved.
The contract shall serve as a presumption which may be rebutted by any means in fact or law in order to establish the actual duration of the continuous possession or use.
The fact that the contractual period of short-term hiring within the meaning of Article 56 of Directive 2006/112/EC is exceeded on grounds of force majeure shall have no bearing on the determination of the duration of the continuous possession or use of the means of transport.
2.Where hiring of one and the same means of transport is covered by consecutive contracts between the same parties, the duration shall be that of the continuous possession or use of the means of transport provided for under the contracts as a whole.
For the purposes of the first subparagraph a contract and its extensions shall be consecutive contracts.
However, the duration of the short-term hire contract or contracts preceding a contract which is regarded as long-term shall not be called into question provided there is no abusive practice.
3.Unless there is abusive practice, consecutive contracts between the same parties for different means of transport shall not be considered to be consecutive contracts for the purposes of paragraph 2.
The place where the means of transport is actually put at the disposal of the customer as referred to in Article 56(1) of Directive 2006/112/EC, shall be the place where the customer or a third party acting on his behalf takes physical possession of it.