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Summary

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FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS - QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS - MEASURES HAVING EQUIVALENT EFFECT - DIFFERENCES IN NATIONAL RULES ON THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED HEIGHT OF VEHICLES AND TRAILERS - OBSTACLE TO INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE - DIRECTIVE 85/3 - APPLICATION OF NATIONAL RULES IN CONFORMITY WITH THE DIRECTIVE - WHETHER PERMISSIBLE

( EEC TREATY, ART . 30; COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 85/3 )

TRANSPORT - TRANSPORT BY ROAD - DIRECTIVE 85/3 - NATIONAL RULES ON THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED HEIGHT OF VEHICLES AND TRAILERS - RULES IN CONFORMITY WITH THE DIRECTIVE - NO RESTRICTION ON THE FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES

( EEC TREATY, ARTS 61 AND 75; COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 85/3 )

Summary

THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY RELATING TO THE FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS, THE FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND THE COMMON TRANSPORT POLICY MUST BE INTERPRETED AS MEANING THAT THEY DO NOT PRECLUDE THE APPLICATION TO VEHICLES REGISTERED IN ANOTHER MEMBER STATE OF NATIONAL LEGISLATION WHICH LAYS DOWN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIRECTIVE 85/3 ON THE WEIGHTS, DIMENSIONS AND CERTAIN OTHER TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CERTAIN ROAD VEHICLES, A MAXIMUM PERMITTED HEIGHT OF FOUR METRES FOR ALL VEHICLES OR TRAILERS ALLOWED INTO CIRCULATION ON NATIONAL TERRITORY, WHEN THE SAME LIMIT IS NOT LAID DOWN BY THE MEMBER STATE IN WHICH A VEHICLE IS REGISTERED .