Road vehicles: maximum weights and dimensions
Legislative dossier on the maximum authorised weights and dimensions of road vehicles. The amendments address incentives for zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles and phasing out fossil-fuel lorries, intermodal and combined transport, European Modular Systems ('gigaliners'), the transport of indivisible and abnormal loads and related permit procedures, in-motion charging technologies, vehicle transporters, and the width of larger passenger vehicles.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled24 Nov 2023
- Plenary vote — Adopted12 Mar 2024 · On the Commission proposal (the draft law)
- In progress — not yet concluded
Plenary votes
8 roll-call votesIn plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →
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- 12 Mar 2024RejectedOn amendment 62 · sub-point b · point 3 · article 1 · subparagraph 1Official label: Article 1, alinéa 1, point 3, sous-point b; Directive 96/53/CE; Article 4, paragraphe 4, alinéa 2, point b - Am 62 · what was voted ↗276 for303 against34 abstentions92 did not voteDecided by 27 votes. The contested ground: S&D (split 40 For / 84 Against) · Renew (split 39 For / 48 Against) · ECR (split 37 For / 23 Against)
Broke with their group’s line139 Members voted against their group’s majority
Andrey SLABAKOVECRVoted Against
Angel DZHAMBAZKIECRVoted Against
Assita KANKOECRVoted Against
Bert-Jan RUISSENECRVoted Against
Charlie WEIMERSECRVoted Against
Cristian TERHEŞECRVoted Against
Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝECRVoted Against
Geert BOURGEOISECRVoted Against
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- 12 Mar 2024RejectedOn amendment 63S · sub-point c · point 3 · article 1 · subparagraph 1Official label: Article 1, alinéa 1, point 3, sous-point c; Directive 96/53/CE; Article 4, paragraphe 4 bis, alinéa 1 - Am 63S · what was voted ↗292 for298 against25 abstentions90 did not voteDecided by 6 votes. The contested ground: Renew (split 39 For / 48 Against) · S&D (split 37 For / 88 Against) · ECR (split 38 For / 24 Against)
Broke with their group’s line129 Members voted against their group’s majority
- Andrey SLABAKOVECRVoted Against
- Angel DZHAMBAZKIECRVoted Against
- Assita KANKOECRVoted Against
- Bert-Jan RUISSENECRVoted Against
- Charlie WEIMERSECRVoted Against
- Cristian TERHEŞECRVoted Against
Emmanouil FRAGKOSECRVoted Against- Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝECRVoted Against
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- 12 Mar 2024RejectedOn amendment 52 · sub-point c · point 3 · article 1 · subparagraph 1Official label: Article 1, alinéa 1, point 3, sous-point c; Directive 96/53/CE; Article 4, paragraphe 4 bis, alinéa 1, partie introductive - Am 52 · what was voted ↗250 for343 against24 abstentions88 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 12 Mar 2024RejectedOn amendment 54 · sub-point c · point 3 · article 1 · subparagraph 1Official label: Article 1, alinéa 1, point 3, sous-point c; Directive 96/53/CE; Article 4, paragraphe 4 bis, alinéa 1, après le point d - Am 54 · what was voted ↗202 for401 against10 abstentions92 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 12 Mar 2024RejectedOn amendment 56S · sub-point c · point 3 · article 1 · subparagraph 1Official label: Article 1, alinéa 1, point 3, sous-point c; Directive 96/53/CE; Article 4, paragraphe 4 bis, alinéa 2 - Am 56S · what was voted ↗233 for332 against48 abstentions92 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 12 Mar 2024RejectedOn amendment 58S · point 4 · article 1 · subparagraph 1Official label: Article 1, alinéa 1, point 4; Directive 96/53/CE; Article 4 ter - Am 58S= 65S= · what was voted ↗261 for338 against16 abstentions90 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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- 12 Mar 2024RejectedOn amendment 61S · recital 9Official label: Considérant 9 - Am 61S · what was voted ↗295 for300 against21 abstentions89 did not voteDecided by 5 votes. The contested ground: S&D (split 42 For / 85 Against) · Renew (split 41 For / 47 Against) · ECR (split 35 For / 26 Against)
Broke with their group’s line134 Members voted against their group’s majority
- Andrey SLABAKOVECRVoted Against
- Angel DZHAMBAZKIECRVoted Against
- Assita KANKOECRVoted Against
- Bert-Jan RUISSENECRVoted Against
- Charlie WEIMERSECRVoted Against
- Cristian TERHEŞECRVoted Against
- Emmanouil FRAGKOSECRVoted Against
Eugen JURZYCAECRVoted Against
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- 12 Mar 2024Main voteAdoptedOn the Commission proposal (the draft law)Official label: Proposition de la Commission · what was voted ↗330 for207 against74 abstentions94 did not voteForAgainstAbst.
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only
How groups usually vote on similar files
Based on 35 past main roll-call votes on TRAN-responsible procedures, Jul 2019 → 2026-07-25.
If every group voted at its historical rate, with today’s seats: ≈81% of expressed votes in favour.
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