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Glossary:Road freight vehicle

Road freight vehicle is a road vehicle designed, exclusively or primarily, to carry goods. Included are:

  • Light goods road vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of not more than 3 500 kg, designed exclusively or primarily, to carry goods, e.g. vans and pick-ups;
  • Heavy goods road vehicles with a gross vehicle weight above 3 500 kg, designed, exclusively or primarily, to carry goods;
  • Road tractors;
  • Agricultural tractors permitted to use roads open to public traffic.

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