Category B
Defined in Article 4, Directive 2006/126/EC
Definitions over time (3)
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Category B: motor vehicles with a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 3 500 kg and designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than eight passengers in addition to the driver; motor vehicles in this category may be combined with a trailer having a maximum authorised mass which does not exceed 750 kg. Without prejudice to the provisions of type-approval rules for the vehicles concerned, motor vehicles in this category may be combined with a trailer with a maximum authorised mass exceeding 750 kg, provided that the maximum authorised mass of this combination does not exceed 4 250 kg. In case such a combination exceeds 3 500 kg, Member States shall, in accordance with the provisions of Annex V, require that this combination shall only be driven after: a training has been completed, or a test of skills and behaviour has been passed. Member States may also require both such a training and the passing of a test of skills and behaviour. The minimum age for category B is fixed at 18 years;
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01/01/2018 – 01/11/2020 Article 4, Directive 2006/126/EC Scope: Whole act
Category B:
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26/08/2009 – 01/01/2018 Article 4, Directive 2006/126/EC Scope: Whole act
Category B: motor vehicles with a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 3 500 kg and designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than eight passengers in addition to the driver; motor vehicles in this category may be combined with a trailer having a maximum authorised mass which does not exceed 750 kg. Without prejudice to the provisions of type-approval rules for the vehicles concerned, motor vehicles in this category may be combined with a trailer with a maximum authorised mass exceeding 750 kg, provided that the maximum authorised mass of this combination does not exceed 4 250 kg. In case such a combination exceeds 3 500 kg, Member States shall, in accordance with the provisions of Annex V, require that this combination shall only be driven after: a training has been completed, or a test of skills and behaviour has been passed. Member States may also require both such a training and the passing of a test of skills and behaviour. The minimum age for category B is fixed at 18 years;
Earlier definition records in this act (1)
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- Article 4(4)(b) Historical · definitions end 26/08/2009
Used in (23 places in 7 provisions on 12/11/2026)
Directive 2006/126/EC (23 in 7)
Article 45 · Article 67 · Article 7 · Annex I2 · Annex II4 · Annex III · Annex IV3