WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.125
15April 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1617)
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: Ministry ofTransport andCommunications
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
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: Decree on
Amendment intheRoad Traffic Ordinance
6. Description ofcontent:
-Vehicle combinations which comply withtheModular Concept mayhave atotal
length of25.25 m.
-TheModular Concept isdescribed ascombinations ofmotor vehicles, trailers and
semi-trailers complying with thedimensions laiddown inDirective 96/53/EC,
points 1.1,1.2,1.4-1.8, 4.2and4.4ofAnnex 1andwhere theloading length for
allvehicles butthesemi-trailer donotexceed 7.82m.
-Themaximum authorized speed foravehicle combination comprising amotor
vehicle, adolly andasemi-trailer willbe80km/h. oncondition thatthevehicles
fulfil some technical requirements.
-Allunits ofavehicle combination longer than24m.shall beequipped withanti-
lockbrakes.
-TheSwedish National Road Administration willbeauthorized tolaydown
requirements forbrakes andcoupling devices andturning criteria forvehicle
combinations longer than24m.
-Thenewregulation willenter intoforce on1July1997.
-Vehicles thathavebeenregistered before 1January 1998 may, during atransition
period bepartofacombination thatarelonger than24m.,evenifthevehicle does
notcomply withalltherequirements fortheModular Concept.
7. Objective andrationale: Introduction ofModular Concept vehicles according to
Directive 96/53/EC withamaximum length of25.25 m.Thetechnical requirements are
necessary toensure roadsafety andpassability.
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
body: