{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-53/annex-IV/division-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-53/annex-IV/division-I.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1996/53",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorized dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorized weights in international traffic",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-53",
  "path": "annex/IV/division/I",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The plate relating to dimensions, as far as possible affixed next to the plate referred to in Directive 76/114/EEC, must contain the following data:\n1.. name of the manufacturer;\n2.. vehicle identification number;\n3.. length of the motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer (L);\n4.. width of the motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer (W);\n5.. data for the measurement of the length of vehicle combinations:\nthe distance (a) between the front of the motor vehicle and the centre of the coupling device (coupling hook or fifth wheel); in the case of a fifth wheel with several coupling points, the minimum and maximum values must be given (amin and amax),\nthe distance (b) between the centre of the coupling device of the trailer (fifth wheel ring) or of the semi-trailer (kingpin) and the rear of the trailer or of the semi-trailer; in the case of a device with several coupling points, the minimum and maximum values must be given (bmin and bmax).\nThe length of vehicle combinations is the length of the motor vehicle and trailer or semi-trailer placed in a straight line behind each other.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "This information need not be repeated where the vehicle carries a single plate containing data on both weights and dimensions."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "This information need not be repeated where the vehicle carries a single plate containing data on both weights and dimensions."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1996/53/annex/IV/division/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:12.543031+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."
}