Section 1 Directives

Article 6(4) of Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 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^f1, which provides that vehicles may be subject, as regards common standards on weights, to random checks and, as regards common standards on dimensions, only to checks where there is a suspicion of non-compliance with its provisions;

Article 3(2) of Council Directive 96/96/EC of 20 December 1996 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers^f2, which provides that each Member State shall recognise the proof issued in another Member State showing that a vehicle has passed a roadworthiness test; this act of recognition implies that a verification by national authorities may be made anywhere within their territories;

Article 2(2) of Directive 2006/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 on the use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road^f3, which lays down that proof of compliance with the Directive is provided by a number of documents which must be on board the hired vehicle, viz., the contract of hire and the driver's employment contract;

Article 3(3), (4) and (5) of Council Directive 76/135/EEC of 20 January 1976 on reciprocal recognition of navigability licences for inland waterway vessels^f4, which provides that the navigability licence, certificates or authorisations must be produced on demand by national authorities;

Article 17(1) of Council Directive 82/714/EEC of 4 October 1982 laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels^f5, which provides that Member States may at any time check that a vessel is carrying a certificate valid under the terms of the Directive.