What is meant, under the regulations, by the laden weight or laden mass of a vehicle?

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According to the General Vehicle Regulations (Annex IX), the laden mass (or laden weight) is the actual mass of the vehicle and its load, including the mass of the service personnel and the passengers. It therefore comprises the tare of the vehicle together with all the load transported and the people on board. It is the correct definition because it covers the real mass of the loaded vehicle in traffic. Adding up only the weight of the vehicle and that of the goods is incorrect because it leaves out the people on board (service personnel and passengers), who are an integral part of the laden mass. Subtracting the tare from the MAM does not define the laden mass either: it gives the theoretical maximum payload the vehicle can carry, not its real mass.

What is meant, under the regulations, by the laden weight or laden mass of a vehicle?

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