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Smart Tachograph Type 2 mandatory for vehicles from 2,500 kg

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Netherlands Enterprise Agency, RVO
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Nederlandse versie
Effective date of this change in law: 1 July 2026

What will change? 

Do you have a company vehicle with a maximum authorised weight (MAM) of 2,500 kg or more? And do you use this vehicle for international transport or cabotage? Then your vehicle must be fitted with a Smart Tachograph Type 2 (SMT2) from 1 July 2026. 

At the moment this only applies to vehicles with a maximum authorised weight of 3,500 kg or more. 

Exemption for own transport 

Is transporting goods not your main activity? For example, you are a handyman and use the vehicle to get to your customers with your materials (own transport)? Then you are not required to fit your company vehicle with a SMT2. 

For whom? 

  • transport companies
  • truck drivers 

What should you do?

When? 

This change is the result of the European Mobility Package and will come into force on 1 July 2026.

Questions?

Call 1400 or contact a sector organisation of which you are a member, such as Transport and Logistics Netherlands, TLN, Evofenedex (in Dutch), or BOVAG (in Dutch).

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