Truck-driving bans in France
Calendar 2013

Date

Holiday in France

01.01.2013

New Year

29.03.2013

Good Friday ( only Alsace)

01.04.2013

Easter Monday

01.05.2013

Labourday

08.05.2013

Day of the armistice (1945)

09.05.2013

Ascension of Christ

20.05.2013

Whit Monday

14.07.2013

national holiday

15.08.2013

Assumption

01.11.2013

Allerheiligen

08.12.2013

Day of the armistice(1918)

25.12.2013

1. Christmas Day

26.12.2013

2. Christmas Day

 

Bans on:

Saturdays, pre-holidays, Sundays and holidays

Time

Saturday and pre-holiday 22.00 - 24.00 o'clock
Sun- and holidays 00.00 - 22.00 o'clock

Concerned vehicules

Trucks with and without trailer with at total of 7,5 tons

Area

Entire Roadnetwork

Exceptions

1) transport of live animals or perishable foods (fresh, chilled or frozen products of animal origin;
fresh fruits and vegetables, cut flowers), the quantity of this goods must be at least half the volume or half the payload of the truck;
2) transport for official events (political, economic, sporting, cultural type, etc.), and cross-border traffic.

Additional bans

Additional bans for vehicles under 1) on following routes :
a) Paris - Orleans:
-A10 between Paris and exit Orleans / North
RN20-between - Le Mans:
A11-A10 and exit Le Mans / East
Between A13-A12 and RN10
-RN10 between Versailles and Chartres (RN123)
-RN23 between Chartres (RN123) and Le Mans (RN157)
c) Paris - Montargis:
-A6 (including A6a, A6b + A106) between Paris and exit Courtenay
RN7-between Paris and Montargis
d) Auxerre - Lyon:
-A6 between Poully-en-Auxois and Lyon
e) Clermont-Ferrand - Montpellier:
-A75 and RN9 zw Saint-Chely-d Apcher and Pezenas
f) Poitiers - Bordeaux:
A10-zw Poitiers / south and Bordeaux
-the detours of Bordeaux (A630 and RN230)
Zw-RN10 Poitiers and Saint-Andre-de-Cubzac
g) Bordeaux - Spanish border:
-A63 bypass from Bordeaux to junction No. 20
RN10-junction between No. 20 and No. 8 of the A63
From RN10-A63 (junction No. 8) to the Spanish border