Road Freight Transport Act
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Road Freight Transport Act |
| Abbreviation: | GüKG |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Legal matter: | Traffic law road freight transport |
| References : | 9241-34 |
| Issued on: | June 22, 1998 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1485 ) |
| Entry into force on: | predominantly July 1, 1998 |
| Last change by: |
Art. 141 G of November 20, 2019 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1626, 1711 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
November 26, 2019 (Art. 155 G of November 20, 2019) |
| GESTA : | B030 |
| Weblink: | Text of the law |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The Road Freight Transport Act (GüKG) regulates road haulage in Germany and is a national law. Road haulage is defined as the commercial and paid transport of goods with vehicles that, including trailers, have a total weight of more than 3.5 tons. The Freight Transport Act differentiates between works transport and commercial road haulage .
Exceptions to the GüKG according to § 2 Paragraph 1
The provisions of this law do not apply to
- the occasional, non-commercial transport of goods by associations for their members or for charitable purposes,
- the transport of goods by corporations , institutions and foundations under public law as part of their public tasks,
- the transport of damaged vehicles or vehicles in need of repair for reasons of road safety or for the purpose of repatriation,
- the transport of goods when carrying out transport services that have been approved in accordance with the Passenger Transport Act in the version published on August 8, 1990 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 1690) in the currently applicable version,
- the transport of medicines, medical devices and equipment as well as other goods intended for assistance in urgent emergencies,
- the transport of milk and milk products for others between farms, milk collection points and dairies by agricultural entrepreneurs within the meaning of the Act on Old-Age Insurance for Farmers of July 29, 1994 (Federal Law Gazette I, p. 1890) as amended,
- the usual transport of agricultural and forestry commodities or products in agricultural and forestry operations
a. for own purposes,
b. for other establishments of this type
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerd Baumann, Michael Baumgart, Werena Busker, Alfred Geltinger, Axel Jahresig, Volker Kähler, Kay Sanmann, Inka Schliebner: Logistic processes - jobs in warehouse logistics . In: Bildungsverlag EINS (ed.): Textbook . 19th edition. Bildungsverlag EINS, Cologne 2016, ISBN 978-3-441-00360-1 , p. 438 .