Timetable

What lands, and when

3 dated obligations are still ahead, every one of them binding how a unit is operated rather than how it is built. The nearest is 2027-03-31.

A trailer is approved once. The regulation that is moving does not bind the trailer at all, it binds the operation and the pitch it stands on, and each department publishes its own instrument. This is the assembly: the Home Office, Defra, the Environment Agency, the DVSA and the market authorities in one date order, with who carries each duty and what it asks of a unit.

Nothing here is a proposal, a consultation or a rumour. An entry appears when it is a verified external fact with a source and a read date behind it. Where a consequence is not established the entry says so and is marked open, rather than filled with a plausible sentence.

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Reviewed every six months, or within thirty days of a change to any instrument referenced here. Last reviewed 2026-09-08. Per country approval routes with each source are on registration by country, and the timing of every obligation that binds before a unit is built is on what has to exist, and when.

Ahead

3 dated, and the nearest is 2027-03-31

Sorted by the day each binds rather than by the day it was announced, because the date that costs money is the second one.

2027-03-31 England in force from Operation

The micro firm exemption from workplace recycling separation ends

Simpler Recycling in England, workplace recycling

Workplace recycling separation came into force in England on 31 March 2025 and micro firms, meaning fewer than ten full time equivalent employees, have until 31 March 2027. All workplaces must separate waste before collection, including waste produced by employees, customers and visitors, and food waste must always be separated. The guidance names construction sites explicitly, including food and packaging waste from contractors on site.

Who carries it. Every workplace with fewer than ten full time equivalent employees, which is most single unit operators

What it asks of a unit. Separation at the point the waste is produced, food waste included, which is a question about how many containers a unit carries and where they live rather than about the trailer's construction. A unit specified with one bin has to find room for more.

Read from. Simpler Recycling: workplace recycling in England read 2026-09-08

2027-04-03 United Kingdom earliest possible Operation

Martyn's Law can commence, and an event of 800 or more becomes a qualifying event

Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025

The Act received Royal Assent on 3 April 2025 and the Home Office states the implementation period will be at least 24 months from that date, so this is the earliest it can bind rather than a commencement date. Premises where 200 to 799 individuals including staff may reasonably be expected are standard tier; 800 or more are enhanced tier. An event qualifies at 800 or more, and events beneath that are not in scope. The Security Industry Authority is the regulator and may issue penalties.

Who carries it. The person responsible for the premises or the event, which at a festival or a show is the organiser rather than the caterer or the welfare supplier

What it asks of a unit. Nothing of the unit itself. The Home Office is explicit that the Act does not require physical alterations or the purchase of equipment. What it asks of a unit's operator is to be inside somebody else's procedures, which means knowing whose they are before arriving on the pitch.

Still open

The commencement date is not set. The 24 month figure is the Home Office's own statement of intent, and the date is confirmed when a commencement order is made.

Read from. Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025: overarching factsheet read 2026-09-08 · Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 collection read 2026-09-08

2027-10-01 England and Northern Ireland in force from Operation

The deposit return scheme starts, and selling a canned drink makes you a retailer under it

The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025, SI 2025/67

The regulations come into force on 1 October 2027, with the enforcement provisions relating to the deposit management organisation in force earlier. An in scope retailer must operate a return point unless exempted, and the instrument carries a schedule dealing with exemption applications that are ongoing on 1 October 2027, which is a signal that applications are expected well before it.

Who carries it. Anybody selling drinks in scope containers to a consumer, which reaches a coffee trailer and a mobile bar

What it asks of a unit. A return point unless an exemption is granted, which is a question about space at the serving counter and about where returned containers are held. On a unit with two square metres of counter that is a specification question, and it is one to answer before the unit is built rather than after.

Still open

Wales has its own regulations, made in 2026, and Scotland runs a separate scheme. This row is England and Northern Ireland only and the others are not published here until they are read to source.

Read from. The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 read 2026-09-08

Already landed

9 in force

2026-07-07 Germany in force Vehicle

German Article 45 individual approval now requires General Safety Regulation II compliance for O1 and O2

Regulation (EU) 2019/2144, within the Article 45 procedure of Regulation (EU) 2018/858

The German national individual approval procedure for trailer categories O1 and O2 now requires compliance with the General Safety Regulation. The procedure is run by the competent Land authority rather than by the KBA, and it is evidenced by a Gutachten from an officially recognised expert or a designated Technical Service, at the applicant's expense.

Who carries it. The person applying for approval, which is the importer or the builder, not the operator

What it asks of a unit. Evidence at approval rather than a change to the unit. A Gutachten from a recognised expert or a designated Technical Service, at the applicant's expense.

Still open

The applicable requirement set for these categories is not yet established to source. It is recorded as open rather than assumed.

Read from. Regulation (EU) 2019/2144, the General Safety Regulation read 2026-09-08 · Regulation (EU) 2018/858, Article 45 read 2026-09-04

2026-01-01 United Kingdom in force Operation

Packaging producer responsibility catches almost no single unit operator, and the thresholds say why

Extended producer responsibility for packaging

Obligation under extended producer responsibility for packaging turns on two thresholds together: more than 25 tonnes of packaging supplied or imported in the UK in the previous year, and worldwide annual turnover of £1 million or more. A holding company tests its corporate group as a whole, and if the group totals meet the large producer criteria then every member is a large producer whether or not it meets them alone.

Who carries it. A business is obligated only if it supplied or imported more than 25 tonnes of packaging in the UK in the previous year and its worldwide annual turnover was £1 million or more

What it asks of a unit. Nothing, for almost every operator of a single unit. Both thresholds have to be met, and a corporate group is tested as a group rather than company by company, which is the part a franchise or a fleet has to check.

Read from. Check if you must comply with EPR for packaging read 2026-09-08

2026-01-01 Great Britain in force Vehicle

Supplying a category O trailer without a certificate in effect is an offence, and large trailers need DVSA consent first

Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020, Schedule 4 paragraph 1(1), and regulations 23, 25(3) and 26

Supplying a recordable trailer for use on a road without an EU Certificate of Conformity, a national small series certificate or an IVA certificate having effect is a criminal offence. Penalty is an unlimited fine in England and Wales, or up to three months imprisonment for an individual, or both. For a large trailer, defined by unladen weight over 1,020 kg or any semi-trailer built to carry goods, regulation 23 requires the supplier to notify DVSA, provide the pertinent information and obtain consent before supply. Consent is withheld until import VAT and customs duty are paid. Regulation 25(3) separately obliges the final supplier to keep a record of each small trailer supplied for at least ten years.

Who carries it. Anybody supplying a new trailer for road use, including an importer selling direct

What it asks of a unit. A certificate in effect before supply, and for a large trailer, DVSA consent obtained first. Neither can be added after the sale.

Read from. The Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020 read 2026-09-08

2025-07-01 Australia in force Vehicle

Concessional entry to the Register of Approved Vehicles is capped at four trailers per twelve months

Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018

Concessional entry to the Register of Approved Vehicles is capped at four low ATM trailers of 4.5 tonnes or less per twelve months, and a single vehicle import application is itself capped at four trailers per application. Above that a vehicle type approval is required, which is a different route with a different lead time. Import approval under section 22 must exist before the unit ships and assessment takes up to 60 business days.

Who carries it. The importer holding the concessional entry approval

What it asks of a unit. Nothing about the unit. It caps how many units may enter by that route, which is a business constraint rather than a specification one.

Read from. Low-ATM trailers, Department of Infrastructure read 2026-09-04 · Concessional RAV entry approvals read 2026-09-04

2025-03-31 England in force Operation

Workplace recycling separation is in force, and it names construction sites

Simpler Recycling in England, workplace recycling

Workplaces in England must separate recyclable waste before collection, including waste produced by employees, customers and visitors, and food waste must always be separated. Construction sites are named: cardboard packaging from new appliances and food or packaging waste from contractors on site must be separated from other construction waste.

Who carries it. Every workplace in England with ten or more full time equivalent employees

What it asks of a unit. Containers and a place for them. The guidance requires food waste to be separated always, and names construction sites as having to separate cardboard packaging from new appliances and food or packaging waste from contractors on site, which is what a welfare unit's waste actually is.

Read from. Simpler Recycling: workplace recycling in England read 2026-09-08

2025-01-01 United States in force Vehicle

A US agent for service of process must be designated before a vehicle is offered for import

49 CFR 551.46, and 49 CFR 591.5(b)

Every foreign manufacturer, assembler and importer must designate a US permanent resident agent for service of process with NHTSA before offering a vehicle for import. A conforming trailer is then admitted on a declaration with no government approval, but only if the certification label was permanently affixed by the original manufacturer. The fallback route under 591.5(f) needs a Registered Importer and a bond of 150 percent of dutiable value. An onboard generator is a separate federal requirement: EPA Form 3520-21 must be filed with CBP against a valid certificate of conformity for that engine.

Who carries it. Every foreign manufacturer, assembler and importer

What it asks of a unit. A designated agent held before the unit is offered, and a certification label applied permanently at manufacture. The label cannot be applied later.

Read from. 49 CFR Part 591, importation of vehicles read 2026-09-04 · 49 CFR Part 551 Subpart D, agent for service of process read 2026-09-04

2025-01-01 Canada in force Vehicle

A non-compliant vehicle cannot be modified into compliance after import, and cannot be imported for parts

Motor Vehicle Safety Act, and CBSA memorandum D19-12-1

A new non-CMVSS-compliant trailer built for a market other than the United States or Mexico is inadmissible. CBSA D19-12-1 states there is no provision in the Act or the Regulations to modify a non-compliant vehicle into compliance after import, and that it cannot be brought in for parts either. The trailer must be built to CMVSS and carry a bilingual Canadian compliance label affixed by the original manufacturer, and be purchased directly at the manufacturing level.

Who carries it. Anybody considering Canada as a destination for a unit built to a European or Australian specification.

Read from. CBSA Memorandum D19-12-1, importing vehicles into Canada read 2026-09-08 · Motor Vehicle Safety Act read 2026-09-04

2025-01-01 Australia and New Zealand in force Vehicle

The first importer is the Responsible Supplier and must be an Australian or New Zealand legal entity

Electrical Equipment Safety System

Under the Electrical Equipment Safety System the first importer is the Responsible Supplier and must be an Australian or New Zealand legal entity with an ABN or NZ IRD number. An overseas company cannot register.

Who carries it. The first importer of in scope electrical equipment

What it asks of a unit. An entity, not a change to the unit. An overseas company cannot register, so somebody local has to hold it.

Read from. EESS, manufacturers and importers as Responsible Suppliers read 2026-09-08

2025-01-01 Australia in force Vehicle

Gas appliance certification must exist at manufacture and cannot be added afterwards

State and territory gas safety legislation, via an authorised Conformity Assessment Body

It is an offence in every state and territory to sell or offer a Type A gas appliance not certified by an authorised Conformity Assessment Body. Certification must exist at the time of manufacture and cannot be added later. CE and CSA certification are explicitly not sufficient.

Who carries it. Whoever sells or offers the appliance, which reaches the unit's builder

What it asks of a unit. Certification for the destination market held at the time of manufacture. CE and CSA are explicitly not sufficient, so the appliance is chosen before the unit is built or not at all.

Read from. Energy Safe Victoria, gas appliances and online sales read 2026-09-04

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Three dated obligations land inside 2027 from three departments. For each, state whether it binds the trader, the event organiser or neither, and say how you decided.
Martyn's Law requires no physical alteration to premises and no purchase of equipment. Explain what it does require of somebody trading inside a qualifying event, and who they have to ask.
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