Article 2 1. This Directive shall not apply to natural
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persons or undertakings engaging in the occupation of road haulage operator by means of vehicles the permissible payload of which does not exceed 3.5 metric tons or the permissible total laden weight of which does not exceed six metric tons. Member States, may, howe7er, lower the said limits for all or some categories of transport operations.
2. Member States may, after consulting the Commission, exempt from the application of all or some of the provisions of this Directive natural persons or undertakings engaged exclusively in national transport operations having only a minor impact on the transport market because of : —the nature of the goods carried, or —the short distance involved.