New driving law means requirement for UK drivers has been dropped

A new update has been signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Turkey concerning the International Road Transport Agreement.

New driving laws could remove permits for UK tourists and expats travelling to a popular tourist destination. A new update has been signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Turkey concerning the International Road Transport Agreement.

Article seven of the IRTA has been amended to clarify that vehicles transporting goods between the two territories shall not require a permit.

It marks an "agreement on an Amendment of the Agreement signed on 9 September 1977 between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Turkey concerning International Road Transport", according to the government.

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Another change concerns Article nine of the Agreement which states: "A transport operation between the territory of one Party and the territory of a third country or between the territory of a third country and that of other party by a vehicle registered in one of the Parties shall require a permit and shall be subject to a quota system."

Article 7 is amended as follows: "Vehicles or the combinations of vehicles referred to in Article 2 (b) ii, registered in the territory of one of the Parties and used for the transport of goods between the territories of the Parties shall not require a permit and shall not be subject to a quota system for entry and exit.

"(b) Vehicles or the combinations of vehicles referred to in Article 2 (b) ii, registered in the territory of one of the Parties and used for transit transport across the territory of the other Party shall not require a permit and shall not be subject to a quota system."

Article 10 of the Agreement is amended as follows: "Vehicles registered in one of the Parties having carried goods to the other Party or the entry of an unladen vehicle registered in one of the Parties to the territory of the other Party in order to load goods intended for the country of registration shall not require a permit."

It adds: "This Agreement shall come into force on the date when Parties notify each other that the Constitutional formalities for coming into effect are completed. Done in Ankara on 20 May 2009 in English and Turkish language both texts are equally authentic."

The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Turkey agreed to make the following amendments to the International Road Transport Agreement this week.