Heavy Duty Vehicles Archives - Glass for Europe

Revision of the Weights & Dimensions Directive

September 2023 Revision of the Weights & Dimensions Directive A well-oriented first step that can be improved to increase sustainability and logistic efficiency Glass for Europe welcomes the European Commission’s (EC) proposal for a revision of Directive 96/53/EC (COM(2023) 445/2) but considers that additional improvements are needed to increase logistic efficiency and reduce transport’s CO2

Revising the weight policy of Heavy Goods Vehicles

February 2022 Revising the weight policy of Heavy Goods Vehicles Improvements needed in the Directive 96/53/EC Directive 96/53/EC[1] specifies the maximum dimensions and weights of national and international heavy goods vehicles (HGV) circulating between Member States. It provides for minimum harmonisation and requests Member States to allow vehicles with a weight of up to 40