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Taxation
Trailers which weight 500 kg or
less are extempted from taxation,
while trailers weighting more than
500 kg have to pay a small fee.
Inspection
All Variants trailers are standard
type approved in the EU. This
means they are covered by the
rules for passenger cars. Trailers
are free of inspection at the time
of purchase and by change of ow-
nership within the first 5 years.
Weight rules
The rules for inspection free
coupling and driver’s license
rules only apply to passanger
cars and vans with a maximum
allowed weight of up to 3500
kg. Car and trailer must be
approved for inspection free
coupling which is written in the
registration certificate. A car is
allowed to drive with a trailer if
the actual total weight (trailer’s
load) of the trailer does
not exceed ”the maximum total
weight of trailers with/without
brakes”, called the coupling
weight, which is stated in the car’s
registration certificate.
Even if the car is approved for
one size of weight it may still
drive a trailer that is approved
for a greater weight. The trailer’s
actual total weight can’t exceed
the coupling weight. Therefore it
is allowed to drive a 500kg trailer
even if the car only is allowed to
pull 450kg, as long as the trailer’s
actual total weight does not
exceed 450 kg. Note, regarding
the coupling, it is the actual total
weight of the trailer and not the
trailer’s allowed total weight which
is essential.
A number of laws and regulations apply to trailers and their use. The most
important ones are listed in this section.
However please be aware that there may be changes in the rules as well
as different interpretations of the laws in the individual states.
Therefore Variant can not be held responsible for changes or differences in
interpretation.
Legal rules
