{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1995-50/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1995-50/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1995/50",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 95/50/EC of 6 October 1995 on uniform procedures for checks on the transport of dangerous goods by road",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1995-50",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. In order to carry out the checks provided for in this Directive, the Member States shall use the checklist in Annex I. A copy of this checklist or a certificate showing the result of the check drawn up by the authority which carried it out shall be given to the driver of the vehicle and presented on request in order to simplify or avoid, where possible, subsequent checks. This paragraph shall not prejudice Member States' right to carry out specific measures for detailed checks.\n2. The checks shall be random and shall as far as possible cover an extensive portion of the road network.\n3. The places chosen for these checks must permit infringing vehicles to be brought into compliance or, if the authority carrying out the check deems it appropriate to be immobilized on-the-spot or at a place desginated for that purpose by the said authority without causing a safety hazard.\n4. Where appropriate and provided that this does not constitute a safety hazard, samples of the goods transported may be taken for examination by laboratories recognized by the competent authority.\n5. Checks shall not exceed a reasonable length of time.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1995/50/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:13.938832+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}