Article 3Right to conduct permitted carriage of goods

1

United Kingdom road haulage operators may, under the conditions laid down in this Regulation, conduct permitted carriage of goods.

2

Permitted carriage of goods of the following kinds may be conducted by natural or legal persons established in the United Kingdom, without a United Kingdom licence being required:

a

carriage of mail as a universal service;

b

carriage of vehicles which have suffered damage or breakdown;

c

carriage of goods in motor vehicles the permissible laden mass of which, including that of trailers, does not exceed 3,5 tonnes;

d

carriage of medicinal products, appliances, equipment and other articles required for medical care in emergency relief, in particular for natural disasters;

e

carriage of goods provided that:

  1. (i)

    the goods carried are the property of the undertaking or have been sold, bought, let out on hire or hired, produced, extracted, processed or repaired by the undertaking;

  2. (ii)

    the purpose of the journey is to carry the goods to or from the undertaking or to move them, either inside or outside the undertaking for its own requirements;

  3. (iii)

    motor vehicles used for such carriage are driven by personnel employed by, or put at the disposal of, the undertaking under a contractual obligation;

  4. (iv)

    the vehicles carrying the goods are owned by the undertaking, have been bought by it on deferred terms or have been hired, provided that, in the last case, they meet the conditions set out in Directive 2006/1/EC; and

  5. (v)

    such carriage is no more than ancillary to the overall activities of the undertaking.