Erehwemos
Well-Known Member
New EU Directive...
To summarise, a new directive is being brought in by 2014 which states that all drivers of vehicles 3.5 tonnes or over are required to obtain a 'certificate of professional competence' - a CPC. To obtain and maintain this, drivers are requried to undergo one day's training per year - this can be arranged in blocks, eg. drivers may attend a 5 day training course which will entitle them to drive for 5 years.
Apologies if this has been brought up before; my OH has just drawn my attention to it seeing as there was a large feature on it in this month's 'Earthmovers' magazine, which he subscribes to. I dont know if this will affect the horse world- can anyone shed any light on it? In the magazine, no mention was made of the horse industry; reading around on the net I have managed to deduce that those who compete and transport their horses just for fun will not fall subject to the regulations - but will this extend to professional riders, whose horseboxes are an integral part of their workplace operation?
Again, this story may have broken before and if so I apologise - but when my OH mentioned it it was the first I had heard of it, so thought I would mention it here.
The EU directive is known as 2003/59/EC.
To summarise, a new directive is being brought in by 2014 which states that all drivers of vehicles 3.5 tonnes or over are required to obtain a 'certificate of professional competence' - a CPC. To obtain and maintain this, drivers are requried to undergo one day's training per year - this can be arranged in blocks, eg. drivers may attend a 5 day training course which will entitle them to drive for 5 years.
Apologies if this has been brought up before; my OH has just drawn my attention to it seeing as there was a large feature on it in this month's 'Earthmovers' magazine, which he subscribes to. I dont know if this will affect the horse world- can anyone shed any light on it? In the magazine, no mention was made of the horse industry; reading around on the net I have managed to deduce that those who compete and transport their horses just for fun will not fall subject to the regulations - but will this extend to professional riders, whose horseboxes are an integral part of their workplace operation?
Again, this story may have broken before and if so I apologise - but when my OH mentioned it it was the first I had heard of it, so thought I would mention it here.
The EU directive is known as 2003/59/EC.
