WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.127
21April 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1727)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SWEDEN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Swedish National Road Administration
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other: 2.5.2
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Trucks andtheirtrailers
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Regulation on
Turning Criteria forVehicle Combinations Exceeding theLength of24m.and
Requirements forSome Equipment forVehicles Forming Part inSuch Vehicle
Combination
6. Description ofcontent: Inorder tofulfil therequirements inArticle 4.4inCouncil
Directive 96/53/EC, thefollowing isproposed:
- Vehicle combinations which comply withtheModular Concept mayhaveatotal
length of25.25 m.;
- theModular Concept istobedefined ascombinations ofmotor vehicles, trailers
and semi-trailers complying with the dimensions laid down in
Directive 96/53/EC, points 1.1,1.2,1.4-1.8, 4.2and4.4ofAnnex 1and
where theloading length forallvehicles butthesemi-trailer donotexceed
7.82m;
- vehicles forming partinavehicle combination longer than24m.shall be
equipped with anti-lock brakes which are inconformity with
Council Directive 71/320/EEC asamended;
- vehicles forming partinavehicle combination longer than24m.andwhose
coupling devices have notbeen approved inSweden, shall beequipped with
coupling devices which areinconformity withCouncil Directive 94/20/EC as
amended;
- amore than24m.longvehicle combination which isinmotion must beableto
turnwithin aswept circle having anouter radius of12.5m.andaninner radius
of2.0m.;
- inaddition avehicle combination comprising amotor vehicle andtwo-towed
vehicles must fulfil some criteria motivated foronething because ofstability
reasons, inorder toachieve anauthorized speed thatishigher than40km/h;
- thenewregulation willenter intoforce 1August 1997.
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7. Objective andrationale: Directive 96/53/EEC leaves thepossibility forSweden to
allow vehicles orvehicle combinations used forgoods transport tocirculate intheir
territory withdimensions deviating from those laiddown inAnnex 1oftheDirective.
Therequirements arethatSweden, on1January 2004 atthelatest, alsopermits vehicles
which comply with thedimensions laiddown inAnnex 1tobeused insuch
combinations astoallow atleast thesame loading length authorized inSweden (the
Modular Concept). Such Modular Concept vehicle combinations willexceed thelength
authorized inSweden uptonow. Therefore some extra technical requirements are
necessary toensure theroadsafety andthepassability.
8. Relevant documents: TheRoad Traffic Ordinance 1972:603
9. Proposed dateofadoption: 1June1997
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 1August 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 11June1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
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