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European Best Practice Abnormal loads
transport Mobile cranes
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A best practice guideline?

• Purpose
• To contribute to the development of a European
  environment in which cross-border transport of
  abnormal loads can take place with a minimum of
  hassle, ideally in an uninterrupted way.
• Status Document is not legally binding
• But, .
• Expert group who is in?

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Participants in Expertgroup

• Spain
• Portugal
• Italy
• France
• Austria
• Germany
• Belgium
• Netherlands

• Sweden
• Denmark
• Finland
• Greece
• Cyprus
• Latvia
• Slovakia
• ESTA (2)

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Subjects / chapters

• Introduction/summary
• Definitions
• Permits
• Vehicle information
• Escort
• Marking/signalling
• Self propelled machinery
• Corridors

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Guide of Best Practices in abnormal transport
(second draft) European Comission
Directorate-General for Energy and Transport

• erikoiskuljetusmääritelmät yhtenäiseksi
• erikoiskuljetusperävaunuille yhtenäinen
  rekisteri SERT dokumentti
• (katsastus omassa maassa riittää)
• yhtenäiset hakemuslomakkeet
• yhtenäiset vaatimukset saatoille
  saattoautoille
• minimiajat lupien käsittelyyn ( Suomessa
  käsittely nopeinta Euroopassa)
• erikoiskuljetuskäytävät Eurooppaan
• pitkäaikaislupia tietyille mitoille ja massoille
  Eurooppaan

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Chapter Permits

• Services
• Office hours, One stop shopping
• Long term permits
• Application forms which elements should be
  in-/excluded
• Reduce delay in granting permits

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A long term permit for transports on motorways /
high capacity roads

• Width lt 4 m
• Length lt 32 m, if extendable and provided with
  steered axles
• Height lt 4.25 m
• Weight lt 80/100 tonnes
• Axle loads 12 tonnes on beam axles, 16 tonnes in
  one line of two pendulum axles

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Reduce the term for granting permits
Consultation of local/regional road authorities Permit granted within
No consultation lt 5 working days
One other road authority lt 7 working days
2 - 5 road authorities lt 10 working days
gt 5 road authorities lt 15 working days
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Mobile cranes

• 12 tonnes per axle
• Weight lt 72 tonnes without a permit
• Length lt 20 meter without a permit
• Ballast truck trailer same regime as crane
• 72 100 tonnes long term permit

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Finally

• Other ESTA wishes corridors, SERT
• Marking/signalling
• When is this document ready?
• How can ESTA influence the final version?