# 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, Article 5

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Articulated vehicles put into circulation before 1 January 1991 which do not comply with the specifications contained in points 1.6 and 4.4 of Annex I shall be deemed to comply with such specifications for the purposes of Article 3 if they do not exceed a total length of 15,50 m.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1996/53/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-53/article-5
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