{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-53/article-10f",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-53/article-10f.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": "article/10f",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10f",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. For the transport of containers and swap bodies, Member States shall lay down rules that require:\n(a) the shipper to give to the haulier to whom it entrusts the transport of a container or swap body a statement indicating the weight of the container or swap body transported; and\n(b) the haulier to provide access to all relevant documentation provided by the shipper.\n2. Member States shall lay down rules on the liability of both the shipper and the haulier as appropriate in cases where the information referred to in paragraph 1 is missing or is incorrect and the vehicle or vehicle combination is overloaded.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Directive (EU) 2015/719 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 amending Council Directive 96/53/EC laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1996/53/article/10f",
    "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."
}