Permits for bulky and heavy vehicles
- Austria
Permit is required if exceeds
Tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Additional information
-
Civil escort
> 22m x 3m x 4,3m - 50t (Styria) | other lands 60t
Police
-
Standard waiting time
4 to 5 working days
Needed documents
- Belarus
Permit is required if exceeds
20m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Additional information
-
Civil escort
> 24m x 3,5m x 4,5m - 60t
Police
> 30m x 4m x 5m - 80t
Standard waiting time
5 to 7 working days
Needed documents
-
- Belgium
Permit is required if exceeds
Tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 44t
Truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m - 44t
Additional information
-
Civil escort
1 escort- dł: 30m | szer: 3,5m | 90t
2 escorts- dł: 35m | szer: 4,5m | wys: 4,8m | 180t
3 escorts- dł: 40m | szer: 5m
Police
-
Standard waiting time
2 to 5 working days
Needed documents
-
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
Permit is required if exceeds
Tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Additional information
-
Civil escort
> 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Police
> 22 x 3 x 4,4 - 60t
Standard waiting time
5 to 7 working days
Needed documents
-
- Bulgaria
Permit is required if exceeds
Tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Additional information
Permit can be bought on a border crossing: < 22m x 3,3m x 4,3m - 45t
Civil escort
> 24m x 3,5m x 4,7m - 60t
Police
width > 5,5m
Standard waiting time
2 to 6 working days
Needed documents
-
- Czech Republic
Permit is required if exceeds
Tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 42,5t (5 axles ) / 48t (6 axles )
Truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m - 42,5t (5 axles ) / 48t (6 axles )
Additional information
-
Civil escort
1 escort: 22m x 3,2m x 4,5m - 52,5t do 29,5m x 3,95m x 5,5m - 59,99t
2 escorts: 29,5m x 3,95 x 5,5m - 59,99t do 39,5m x 3,95m x 5,5m - 99,99t
3 escorts and more: 39,5m x 3,95m x 5,5m - 99,99t
Police
Police escort outside of highway: over 50m x 5,5m x 5,5m - 150t
Police escort on highway: over 50m x 6m x 5,5m - 150t
Standard waiting time
about 5 working days
Needed documents
-
- Denmark
Permit is required if exceeds
tractor + semi-trailer:
16,5m x 3,3m x 4,1m - 40t - regular vehicle combination
22m x 3,3m x 4,1m - 40t - extended vehicle combination without steering axles
30m x 3,3m x 4,1m - 40t - extended semi-trailer with steering axles
truck + trailer: 18,75m x 3,3m x 4,1m - 40t
Additional information
> 48t classification certificate required
Civil escort
government official decides
Police
government official decides
Standard waiting time
3 to 4 working days
Needed documents
-
- Great Britain
Permit is required if exceeds
18,65m x 2,9m x 4m - 44t
Additional information
-
Civil escort
> length: 29,5m | width: 3,5m | weight: 100t
Police
Government official decides
Standard waiting time
2 to 3 working days
Needed documents
-
- Estonia
Permit is required if exceeds
Tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Additional information
Permit is not required when parameters are met:
length: 16,5m i width: 3m
Civil escort
> length: 30m and width: 3,0m / day: 24m and width: 3,5m | weight: 80-100t
Police
-
Standard waiting time
2 to 3 working days
Needed documents
-
- Gibraltar
Permit is required if exceeds
Additional information
Civil escort
Police
Standard waiting time
Needed documents
- Greece
Permit is required if exceeds
tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Additional information
-
Civil escort
≥ width: 2,9m
Police
government official decides
Standard waiting time
4 to 5 working days
Needed documents
-
- Spain
Permit is required if exceeds
Tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Additional information
- Separate permit is required for Basque Country and Navarra province
- Ficha Tecnica (Scheda Tecnica) and registration certificates translated into Spanish are required
Civil escort
> 20,55m x 3m x 4,5m – 45t
Double escort is required when vehicle moves through one lane roads
Police
> 40m x 5m x 5m – 110t
Standard waiting time
2 to 4 weeks
Needed documents
-
- Iceland
Permit is required if exceeds
tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4,2m -44t
truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4,2m – 44t
Additional information
The validation is variable and depends of the time needed for the transport
Civil escort
government official decides
Police
government official decides
Standard waiting time
1-2 working days
Needed documents
Scans of registration documents
- Italy
Permit is required if exceeds
tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m
truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m
TONNAGE
Set with trailer / semi-trailer:
3 axles - 30t / 24t
4 axles - 40t / 40t
5 axles - 44t / 44t
Additional information
To obtain permit, specific documents are required:
- original of Scheda Tecnica
- registration certificates of transport vehicles
- insurance policy for 10 000 000 EUR
Civil escort
Government official decides
Police
Government official decides
Standard waiting time
4 to 6 weeks
Needed documents
-
- Croatia
Permit is required if exceeds
Tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m- 40t
Additional information
-
Civil escort
> 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Police
> 25m x 3,5m x 5m - 80t
Standard waiting time
3 to 5 working days
Needed documents
-
- Latvia
Permit is required if exceeds
Tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Additional information
-
Civil escort
> length: 30m | width: 3,49m
Police
government official decides
Standard waiting time
2 to 3 working days
Needed documents
-
- Poland
Permit is required if exceeds
tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Additional information
-
Civil escort
1 escort > 23m x 3,2m x 4,5m – 60t
2 escorts > 30m x 3,6m x 4,7m – 80t
Police
-
Standard waiting time
3 to 14 working days (Can be extended for another 30 working days)
Needed documents
-
- Lithuania
Permit is required if exceeds
tractor + semi-trailer: 17,5m x 2,64m x 4,1m – 40t
truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Additional information
-
Civil escort
Transport during the day > length: 25m, width: 4m
Transport at night or in low visibility> length: 24m, with: 3,5m
Tonnage > 80 t regardless of route / > 65-70 t depending on the route.
Police
Transport > 24m x 3,5m should be conducted during the day in good visibility. At night or in low visibility police escort is required.
Standard waiting time
3 to 4 working days
Needed documents
-
- Luxembourg
Permit is required if exceeds
tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t |
truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Additional information
-
Civil escort
length > 25,00 m |
width > 3,00 m |
height > 4,80 m |
weight > 69,99 t
Police
length > 35,00 m
Standard waiting time
3 to 5 working days
Needed documents
-
- Norway
Permit is required if exceeds
Indivisible load:
> 20m length i 3,25m width, if the weight does not exceed 40t
or
> 50t , if other dimensions are not exceeded
Divisible load:
>20m length, if the width does not exceed 2,55m width
or
> 3,25m width, if the length does not exceed 16,5m or if there is no more than 12m from the fifth wheel to the end of the cargo.
Additional information
-
Civil escort
> length: 23,5m | width: 3m | weight: 65t + NPRA escort
Police
> length: 30m | width: 4m | height: 4,5m
Standard waiting time
3 to 5 working days
Needed documents
-
- Holland
Permit is required if exceeds
Tractor + semi-trailer: 22m x 3m x 4m - 50t
PROVIDED THAT:
- vehicle combination in its own right ≤ 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
- cargo must be indivisible
- vehicle combination has not been widened or lengthened
- loads on axles do not exceed regulations
truck + trailer: 18,75m x 3m x 4m - 40t
PROVIDED THAT:
- vehicle combination in its own right ≤ 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
- cargo must be indivisible
- vehicle combination has not been widened or lengthened
- loads on axles do not exceed regulations
Additional information
Permit is not required when distance from last axle to the end of cargo ≤ 5m
Civil escort
highways:
length: 40,01m | width: 4,01m | weight: special terms of transport or 100,001 kg. | height - special terms of transport
other roads:
length: 27,51m | width: 3,51m | weight: special terms of transport or 100,001 kg. | height - special terms of transport
Police
-
Standard waiting time
2 to 5 working days
Needed documents
-
- Portugal
Permit is required if exceeds
tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Additional information
Ficha Tecnica or Scheda Tecnica is required
Civil escort
> 20m x 3m x 4,5m – 40t
Police
(not escorted) > 25m x 4m x 5m – 60t
Standard waiting time
3 to 4 weeks
Needed documents
-
- France
Permit is required if exceeds
tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Additional information
Permanent permit requires a genuine SETRA map
Civil escort
> Length: 25m | Width: 3m | Tonnage: 60t
Police
for crossing through cities
Standard waiting time
2 to 5 weeks - permanent permit
7 to 12 weeks - permit for specific route
Needed documents
-
- Romania
Permit is required if exceeds
tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Additional information
Permit can be bought on a border crossing < 25m x 4,5m x 4,5m - 80t
Civil escort
> 25m x 3,2m x 4,5m - 80t
Police
> 40m x 5m x 5m – 80t
Standard waiting time
4 to 12 working days
Needed documents
-
- Serbia
Permit is required if exceeds
tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Additional information
-
Civil escort
Main roads > 21m x 3m x 4,3m - 60t
highways > 25m x 3m x 4,3m - 80t
Police
main roads > 25m x 3,5m x 4,5m - 80t
highways> 30m x 4m x 4,5m - 100t
Standard waiting time
3 to 4 working days
Needed documents
-
- Slovakia
Permit is required if exceeds
tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Additional information
-
Civil escort
> 23m x 3m x 4,5m - 40t
Police
> 5m width || 120 t
Standard waiting time
4-5 working days
Needed documents
-
- Slovenia
Permit is required if exceeds
tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Additional information
If transport is not escorted, a >IZREDNI PREVOZ< plate is required.
Civil escort
> 20,6m x 3m x 4,5m - 40t
Police
-
Standard waiting time
3 to 4 working days
Needed documents
-
- Finland
Permit is required if exceeds
Tractor + semi-trailer: 30m x 4m x 4,4m - 48t
Truck + trailer: 25,25m x 4m x 4,4m - 36t-60t
Additional information
A coupling inspection certificate is needed when:
1. the empty vehicle combination exceeds the maximum authorized dimensions or weights allowed in normal traffic in Finland
2. the loaded vehicle combination, excluding the load, exceeds the maximum authorized dimensions allowed in normal traffic in Finland (e.g. extendable trailers)
3. the loaded vehicle combination (including load) exceeds the maximum authorized weights allowed in normal traffic in Finland.
Civil escort
> length: 25,25m + > width: 3 m | > length: 30m + ≥ width: 3m
height> 5m
Police
-
Standard waiting time
5 to 7 working days
Needed documents
-
- Switzerland
Permit is required if exceeds
tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Additional information
-
Civil escort
government official decides
Police
government official decides
Standard waiting time
1 to 3 working days
Needed documents
-
- Sweden
Permit is required if exceeds
Width
Transport exceeds 3,10m - a forwarding vehicle is required
Transport exceeds 3,50m - a forwarding vehicle and permit is required
Transport exceeds 4,50m - a forwarding vehicle, permit, road examination and 2 VTL are required
Length
Transport exceeds 30m to 35m - a forwarding vehicle, permit and road examination is required
Transport exceeds 35m - a forwarding vehicle, permit, road examination and 2 VTL are required
Combined transports:
Width exceeds 2,55m, length exceeds 24m - permit required
Width exceeds 3,50m, length exceeds 30m - permit and 2 forwarding vehicles required
Width exceeds 4,5m, length exceeds 35m - permit, 2 forwarding vehicles and 2 VTL vehicles required
Tonnage
Combined transport, 3+3 axles, maximum allowed weight: 24t(tractor)+24t(trailer)=48t without permit. Weight above 48 tonnes requires permit.
Combined transport, 2+3 axles, maximum allowed weight without permit. If weight is exceeded, a 3+3 axles transport is required.
Additional information
-
Civil escort
as above
Police
-
Standard waiting time
3 to 5 working days
Needed documents
-
- Ukraine
Permit is required if exceeds
20m x 2.65m x 4.0m - 38t
Additional information
-
Civil escort
> 24m length
> 3,5m width
Tonnage and heights depends on the road.
Police
> 29m length
> 3,75m width
Tonnage and heights depends on the road.
Standard waiting time
5 working days
Needed documents
-
- Hungary
Permit is required if exceeds
tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m – 40t
Additional information
- permit can be bought on a border crossing > 22m x 3,2m x 4,2m – 45t
- if 40 tonnes are exceeded, a road tax toll is collected
Civil escort
1 pilot > 22m x 3,2m x 4,5m - 55t - outside highways / 70t - highways
2 pilots > 3,5m width -outside highways / 4m width - highways
2 pilots + police > 4,5m width - outside highways / 5m - highways
Police
> 4,5 m width outside highways
> 5m width on highways
Standard waiting time
3 to 5 working days
Needed documents
-
- Germany
Permit is required if exceeds
tractor + semi-trailer: 16,5m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
truck + trailer: 18,75m x 2,55m x 4m - 40t
Additional information
If vehicle in its own right exceeds standard dimensions extra documents are required, i.e.
- Gutachten,
- paragraph 70 StVZO
Civil escort
government official decides
Police
government official decides
Standard waiting time
3 to14 working days
Needed documents
-