
Obligatory use of winter tyres, snow chains and studded tyres. What you need to know. Part 2
Courtesy of Continental, we bring you a round-up of information about the European regulations for winter equipment on trucks and buses for winter 2018/2019.
The second part of the guide contains information about the following countries:
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.
Current information about winter equipment on trucks and buses in each country is also available on trafficban.com. It can be accessed by selecting a given country and then opening the tab “Tyres” (Pol. “Opony”).
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