Denmark: New Order on the maximum width, length, height, weight and axle load of vehicles

 

Denmark has published a new Order on the maximum width, length, height, weight and axle load of vehicles.  It defines the maximum permissible height and total weight of vehicles.

This order sets the framework for vehicle dimensions and implements Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 establishing for certain road vehicles circulating within the EU the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weight in international traffic.

The draft order aims to ease a number of conditions covered by the previous version of the order.

The draft order allows a maximum height for buses, lorries, tractors and motor equipment and their trailers of 4.20 m. Furthermore, the maximum permissible laden weight for vehicle combinations with seven or more axles is increased from 56 tonnes to 58 tonnes.

The police and military are also included in the provision on driving rescue boats. In addition, driving with an exceptionally wide snow plough is permitted on motorways.

The Danish order contains more lenient regulation than minimum requirements of Council Directive 96/53/EC.

The Order should be read jointly with the Danish Traffic Regulation Act (Færdselsloven).

To find out more about various EU regulations for vehicles maximum width, length, height, weight and axle load, please do not hesitate to contact the Institute for Global Automotive Regulatory Research.