– having regard to the agreement of 27 January 2004 between the European Rail Community (ERC) and the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) on the European train driver's licence for drivers assigned to interoperable cross-border services,

(7) This Directive follows and is largely based on the "historic" agreements reached on 27 January 2004 between the social partners: the Community of European Railways (CER) and the European Transport Workers" Federation (ETF) on the "European licence for drivers carrying out a cross-border interoperability service" and on 'certain aspects of the working conditions of mobile staff engaged in cross-border services' .

1. For the purposes of this Directive, "vehicle" means any motor vehicle falling within one of the international categories listed below and intended for use on the road, such vehicle being with or without bodywork, having at least four wheels and a maximum design speed exceeding 25 km/h, and its trailers, with the exception of vehicles which run on rails, agricultural tractors and machinery and public works vehicles: (a) Category M : Motor vehicles having at least four wheels or having three wheels when the maximum weight exceeds 1 metric ton, and used for the carriage of passengers: - Category M1 : Vehicles used for the carriage of passengers, and comprising not more than eight seats i ...[+++]n addition to the driver's seat;