Category B
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19/01/2007 – 26/08/2009 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.Member States shall indicate the entitlement to drive such a combination on the driving licence by means of the relevant Community code.The minimum age for category B is fixed at 18 years;
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