Recital 16

(16) Given that, in certain instances, non-road mobile machinery, due to its excessive dimensions, would not allow for sufficient manoeuvrability on public roads or could, due to its excessive mass, axle loads or ground contact pressure, damage the surface of public roads or other road infrastructure, or due to its fully automated driving systems for on-road use, it is appropriate to provide a discretion to Member States to prohibit the circulation on public roads or registration of such machinery, even if it has been type-approved in accordance with this Regulation. In order to ensure a high level of harmonisation for non-road mobile machinery across the Union, it is important that Member States only prohibit the circulation on public roads of a limited number of machines. Therefore, both the Member States and the Commission should set sufficiently high threshold values to allow as many type-approved machines as possible to circulate on public roads in the territory of the Union.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-15 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.