Driving license BE

If you hold a B driving license, a trailer may be driven if the:

• permissible maximum mass of the trailer does not exceed 750 kilograms. Also if the total mass of the towing motor vehicle and trailer exceeds 3500 kilograms.
• authorized maximum mass of the trailer exceeds 750 kilograms, as long as the total mass of the towing motor vehicle and the trailer does not exceed 3500 kilograms.

If you want to tow a heavier trailer, you have the choice of driving license B+ or BE. The previous page covered driving license B+. Now it’s time for driving license BE.

Driving license BE allows you to tow a trailer up to 3500 kilograms.

If someone obtained the BE driving license before 19 January 2013, different rules apply. Then there is no limit to the empty weight + payload. However, there are no cars that can and may pull a trailer heavier than 3500 kilograms.
Of course, not every car is allowed to tow a heavy trailer. How heavy a trailer may be is stated on the car’s registration card.