English - Nooteboom Giants on the Road Magazine English - Nr. 3 - 2016 | Page 23

REGULATIONS Digibennes SASu REGULATIONS FOR ABNORMAL TRANSPORT IN FRANCE ON 1 JANUARY 1993 THE FORMALITIES FOR FREIGHT TRANSPORT BETWEEN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WERE ABOLISHED IN ONE GO. A UNITED EUROPE WITHOUT INTERNAL BORDERS BECAME REALITY. From one moment to the next, commercial vehicles could drive across borders without having to deal with time-consuming red tape. This does not yet apply to abnormal transport. The goods don’t have to be cleared at the border any more but instead there are numerous, often very detailed regulations for long, wide and heavy transports. Gilles Bisson is the owner of Digibennes SASu in Anneyron. He looks after several thousands of applications for exemption in France every year. Gilles knows the details better than anyone. THE REGULATIONS Gilles: “We’ll keep it simple to start with. In F