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Description	Definition	Category
Cars	Motor vehicles not exceeding 3500 Kg, with no more than 8 passenger seats and not pulling a trailer over 750 Kg or over the unladen mass of the towing vehicle. The combination of car and trailer should not exceed 3500 Kg.	B (standard licence)
Cars with trailers	Vehicle and trailer combination, where the combination does not come under category B.	B+E
Medium-sized vehicles	Lorries between 3500kg and 7500kg with a trailer up to 750kg.	C1
Medium-sized vehicles with trailers	Lorries between 3500kg and 7500kg with a trailer over 750kg; total weight not more than 12000kg.	C1+E
Large Vehicles	Vehicles over 7500kg.	C
Large vehicles with trailers	Vehicles over 7500kg with a trailer > 750kg.	C+E
Minibuses	Vehicles with between 9 and 16 passenger seats with a trailer up to 750kg.	D1
Minibuses with trailers	Combinations where the towing vehicle is in subcategory D1 with a trailer over 750kg, provided the combination does not exceed 12000kg or the trailers weight does not exceed that of the unladen towing vehicle.	D1+E
Buses	Any vehicle with more than 8 passenger seats with a trailer up to 750kg.	D
Buses with trailers	Any bus with more than 8 passenger seats with a trailer over 750kg.	D+E

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