Breakaway Cable Attachment in Holland

David, Apologies the link is not working correctly, possibly due to the translation into English page...  Select the link again.

On Main tab Bar select 'Holiday'

Under Holiday tab, scroll down to 4th tab 'Camping' and select.

This brings up another page with 3 sections. Under central section "All About Your Tent or Caravan" Select 1st Tab  "Caravan".

Brings up another page..scroll down to :="Driving with your caravan" the select "Before you go driving"

Hope this works for you...If not the link is also further back in this thread but is not in English...

 

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Finally I have received a decision on the appeal I submitted nine months ago....

Unfortunately, whilst the Public Prosecutor has decided to dismiss the case..and therefore no payment of fine is required.....I did not get the outcome I was hoping for, in that I wanted a confirmation that the legislation only applies to Dutch registered vehicles..I think they have just thrown into the long grass !!

As before, putting a readable jpg format of the letter on here is virtually impossible....so with the help of Google online translator I have copied the 'decision' paragraphs below...

I have also sent a copy to the Club's travel dept who have assisted me in this appeal..

Finally, I can only suggest that anyone travelling to The Netherlands, towing a caravan in future, conforms to the advice given by the Royal Dutch ANWB in their excellent data sheet...The link to this document are further back in this post.

Not sure how to do this but I think this thread may be better served under 'Overseas Travel'

Translation of Decision Letter

U hebt een beschikking ontvangen voor het overtreden van een verkeersvoorschrift in Nederland. 

Tegen deze beschikking hebt u beroep ingesteld bij de officier va justitie. De officier van justitie heeft naar aanleiding van uw beroep de volgende beslissing genomen.

U hebt beroep ingesteld tegen de opgelegde sanctie. Het is niet gelukt om in deze zaak binnen dehiervoor gestelde termijn beslissing. Deze termijn is genooemd in de Algemene Wet Bestuursrecht (artikel 7:24 AWB).

 Alles overwegende vernietigt de officier van justitie de beschikking. U hoeft deopgelegde sanctie en de administratiekosten niet te betalen.Als u een bedrag terugontvangt, wordt dit binnen vier weken naar u overgemaakt.

You have received a decision for violating a traffic regulation in the Netherlands. 

You have appealed against this decision to the public prosecutor. The public prosecutor has taken the following decision on your appeal.

You have appealed against the sanction imposed. We have not been able to make decision in this matter within the aforementioned period. This term is mentioned in the General Administrative Law Act (Section 7:24 of the AWB).

All in all, the public prosecutor will destroy the decision. You do not have to pay the imposed penalty and administration costs. If you receive an amount back, this will be transferred to you within four weeks.

Well done GTP, not just for winning your case but for keeping us well informed all the way through the case. sensible outcome.

Not good outcome in my opinion.............they have not actually said that these laws do not apply to visitors vehicles!!It follows that when foreign touring one should be thoroughly conversant with all of the countries motoring regulations and obey them to the letter.!!I for one find that as a reason to think twice about giving other countries the benefit of my holiday money !!!

The decision would appear to be on a 'time expired' basis which is hardly a satisfactory outcome if seeking clarification.

Good news for yourself GTP, and well done for persevering, but everybody else is still left in limbo and I now think it becomes incumbent (must stop listening to politicians) on the CMC to take up the matter with the Dutch authorities until we obtain a definitive answer.

Got an email from Lidl today and are selling 5 strong carabiners for £2;99. might get some J.I.C.

https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/MiddleofLidl.htm?articleId=19997

So that’s where the Dutch vehicle inspector got them from.... pretty good mark up selling them on at 4€.