Transport Policy

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Rules governing access to the market

Road haulage

Cabotage

On 1 July 1998 road cabotage in the movement of freight has been fully liberalised.

This means that from that date a haulier from a Member State who holds a Community licence, can transport goods, on a temporary basis, between two points within another Member State. “On a temporary basis” means that these transports must not be carried out over a longer period of time or systematically or continuously. To clarify this notion of “temporality” the Commission has issued an interpretative communication. For some of the new Member States transitional periods still apply and hauliers from these countries are excluded from performing cabotage in other Member States. The table below shows the current situation as regards road cabotage in goods transport by Community hauliers in other Member States.

Road cabotage with member states subject to transitional periods  01/05/2008

The legal basis for cabotage in goods transport is Council Regulation (EEC) No 3118/93 of 25 October 1993.