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title: "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"
id: 57fb0178-69ac-4fb4-8eae-3e4a2d43dd65
authority: eu
place: "European Union"
applies_also_from: []
kind: directive
in_force: true
publisher_url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:31996L0053
attribution: "© European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu"
solon_url: https://solon.orangecat.ch/law/57fb0178-69ac-4fb4-8eae-3e4a2d43dd65
text: not held
---

# 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