Oversize load permit in Belgium (2026): authority, thresholds, fees

Key facts

Issuing authority

After the 6th State Reform, the federal abnormal-load transport service was split into 3 regional services; the application is still submitted via WebTEUV as a single document for the whole territory of Belgium (Z2). The Brussels-Capital Region invoices the permits for all 3 regions (Z1). Contacts: Flanders — Lange Kievitstraat 111, 2018 Antwerpen, tel. +32 (0)2 553 78 47, [email protected] (telephone on working days 9:30–12:30); Brussels — Place Saint-Lazare 2, 1035 Bruxelles, [email protected]; invoices: [email protected]; Wallonia — [email protected]. [Z2]

Application channel

WebTEUV 2.0 (AWV application for the whole of Belgium); alternatively an application by registered letter on the forms [Z1]

Login / access: First, registration via a form (access confirmed by e-mail within 2 working days). Belgian companies: CSAM (access managers designated in CSAM grant access to employees; persons without a Belgian identity card need a BIS number). Foreign companies: login = e-mail + password + e-mail verification; the list of persons with access can only be changed via a form (the company does not manage it itself); access is strictly personal. A person handling several foreign companies needs a separate e-mail address for each of them. Natural persons currently do not get access to WebTEUV — the authority recommends that they use a mandataire.

Thresholds above which a permit is needed

Values for a typical combination: tractor unit with semi-trailer or rigid vehicle with trailer, 5 axles, standard width.

A permit is required where a vehicle, because of its construction or an indivisible load, exceeds at least one of the following values: length of a single vehicle 12.00 m, tractor unit + semi-trailer 16.50 m, motor vehicle + trailer 18.75 m, width 2.55 m, height 4.00 m, weight 44 t for 5-axle combinations, rear overhang 3.00 m (Z1, Z2; basis: KB of 15.03.1968 — règlement technique, and the Code de la route). Axle load limits are not given on the official pages — they refer to the règlement technique (not read). Permit categories (Art. 4 AR 2.06.2010): category 1 — single vehicle ≤ 19.00 m, combination ≤ 27.00 m, width ≤ 3.50 m, height and weight within the standard limits; category 2 — single vehicle 19–22 m, combination 27–30 m, width 3.50–4.25 m, height ≤ 4.50 m, weight ≤ 90 t; category 3 — single vehicle 22–28 m, combination 30–35 m, width 4.25–5.00 m, height 4.50–4.80 m, weight 90–120 t; category 4 — above these. [Z1]

Permit types

Processing time

Art. 6 AR 2.06.2010: deficiencies are notified within 5 working days of receipt (further ones within 3 working days); within 5 working days the authority states whether consultations are needed; decision within 5 working days of receipt of a complete application, or 15 working days where consultations (with the road authorities) are required. Registration in WebTEUV: confirmation within 2 working days. [Z3]

Fees

Escort

Private escort vehicle

Art. 20 AR 2.06.2010: 1 escort vehicle with a traffic coordinator where the length is 30–35 m, the width 3.50–4.50 m or the weight > 90 t; 2 vehicles (one with a coordinator) where the length is 35–40 m, the width 4.50–5.00 m, the height > 4.80 m, the weight > 180 t, for manoeuvres under Art. 29, stopping traffic on roads ≤ 70 km/h or driving at reduced speed on a motorway; 3 vehicles where the length is > 40 m, the width > 5.00 m or for crossing a bridge with the help of additional vehicles/temporary bridges. A private pilot (escort driver) must be certified (regional certification since 1.01.2018). Flanders has announced new rules: escort only by a recognised company with recognised pilots. [Z3]

Police escort

Mandatory (Art. 29): driving against the direction of traffic on roads > 70 km/h, passing through an opening in the motorway central reservation, stopping traffic on roads > 70 km/h, crossing a bridge on a motorway at a maximum speed of 5 km/h. Request to the police service at least 4 working days before departure, with the 1st page of the permit. Address: Police Fédérale – DGA – DAO – PCNIP, Rue Royale 202a, 1000 Bruxelles (Z1). [Z3]

Required documents

• Permit application (Formulaire demande d'autorisation / Aanvraagformulier) with the additional module (Bijlage module) — for a written application [Z2]
• Vehicle sheet: 'Fiche véhicule unique / Fiche enkelvoudig voertuig' or 'Fiche train de véhicules / Fiche sleep van voertuigen' [Z1]
• Route (Reisweg) — form [Z2]
• Vehicles coded and validated in the WebTEUV vehicle library (coding mandatory since 23.04.2025; from 12.01.2027 only validated vehicles can be used in an application) [Z1]
• Fees for earlier applications paid — a condition for the application to be admissible (Art. 6 § 2) [Z3]
• In the vehicle: the original permit with its annexes (Art. 36) [Z3]

Traffic restrictions

Art. 30 AR 2.06.2010: width > 4.00 m — ban 06:00–21:00 (on motorways with < 3 lanes in the given direction already at > 3.50 m); length > 30.00 m — ban 06:00–21:00; ban during 07–09 and 16–18, unless ≤ 60 t, ≤ 3.50 m wide or ≤ 27.00 m long (and the permit does not impose manoeuvres/a speed restriction); ban from Saturday 12:00 to Sunday 24:00 (except cranes ≤ 96 t or ≤ 3.00 m); ban on public holidays (1.01, Easter Monday, 1.05, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, 21.07, 15.08, 1.11, 11.11, 25.12) from 16:00 on the day before; ban in snow/black ice or with visibility < 200 m. The permit may provide for derogations. Route networks (class 90, class 120, cranes, motorways) — the user reconnoitres the route before departure; changes only through the Service Transport exceptionnel. [Z3]

Official sources

1. [Z1] Bruxelles Mobilité — page 'Transport exceptionnel' (content in FR/NL only): WebTEUV 2.0, registration (confirmation within 2 working days), access for Belgian companies (CSAM) and foreign companies (e-mail + password), mandataire, vehicle library (mandatory from 12.01.2027), thresholds, invoicing by the Brussels-Capital Region for the 3 regions, 2026 fees (federal and Walloon), escort, route networks class 90/120/cranes/motorways (Official website, read 2026-10-04)
   https://be.brussels/en/transport-mobility/freight-transport-and-business-mobility/exceptional-transport
2. [Z2] Agentschap Wegen en Verkeer (Flanders) — 'Uitzonderlijk vervoer': thresholds requiring a vergunning, application via WebTEUV or by registered letter, one application for the whole territory of Belgium, regionalisation of the service into 3 regional services, contact Team Zwaar Vervoer, registration form for foreign companies (Official website, read 2026-10-04)
   https://wegenenverkeer.be/zakelijk/uitzonderlijk-vervoer
3. [Z3] Arrêté royal du 2 juin 2010 relatif à la circulation routière des véhicules exceptionnels (consolidated text, Moniteur belge / ejustice): Art. 3 (definition), 4 (categories 1–4), 5–6 (application by the user or a mandataire, time limits), 7 (types and validity), 8 (fee, 20% in case of refusal/cancellation, indexation), 20 (escort vehicles), 29 (police escort), 30 (traffic bans) (Legal act, read 2026-10-04)
   https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/change_lg.pl?language=fr&la=F&cn=2010060213&table_name=loi

Rules and fees change. Check the official source before you file an application.