US Boats and Trailers in Europe

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Hi,
We live in the US but spend our summers in Croatia where we have a family house on one of the islands. We are planning on purchasing a 24-26 ft cruiser on a trailer and shipping it Croatia to use over the summers while on the Adriatic.

The cruiser will be registered in the US and will be boated under a US flag. As we are not importing the boat, we are not going to deal with CE certification which is required if we sell the boat in the EU or want to register it there.

What is more interesting, is the trailer that comes with the boat. Shipping companies prefer we send the boat with the trailer (it's cheaper to transport to US port, then use RoRo then build a crate) however ground transport companies in Europe state that US trailers are illegal on EU roads. Accroding to Croatian authorities, the trailer is not illegal on Croatian roads.

My question is - is there a big difference between US and EU boat trailers, i.e. is there anything that would prevent a US trailer from being towed in Europe? The cruiser is big and heavy therefore brakes, etc and important consideration.

It would be easiest for us to send a US trailer to Europe as they are much, much cheaper here and most boats that we are looking for come on a trailer.

Kind regards