{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1999-62/annex-IV",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1999-62/annex-IV.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1999/62",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1999 on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1999-62",
  "path": "annex/IV",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "IV",
  "heading": "INDICATIVE VEHICLE CLASS DETERMINATION",
  "text": "The vehicle classes are defined by the table below.\nVehicles are classed in subcategories 0, I, II and III according to the damage they cause to the road surface, in ascending order (Class III is thus the category causing most damage to road infrastructure). The damage increases exponentially with the increase in axle weight.\nAll motor vehicles and vehicle combinations of a maximum permissible laden weight below 7,5 tonnes belong to damage class 0.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Directive 2006/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1999/62/annex/IV",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:04.359944+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."
}