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Lorries plus 7.5 tons are prohibited on motorways on the following dates.
 
JANUARY  
01/01, 09/01, 16/01, 23/01, 30/01 08.00-22.00
   
FEBRUARY  
06/02, 13/02, 20/02, 27/02 08.00-22.00
   
MARCH  
06/03, 13/03, 17/03, 20/03, 27/03 08.00-22.00
   
APRIL  
03/04, 10/04, 17/04 24/04 08.00-22.00
22/04 16.00-22.00
23/04 08.00-16.00
 25/04 08.00-22.00
   
MAY  
08/05, 15/05, 22/05, 29/05 08.00-22.00
   
JUNE  
05/06, 12/06, 19/06, 26/06 08.00-22.00
02/06 07.00-24.00
   
JULY  
03/07, 10/07, 24/07, 31/07 08.00-22.00
02/07 07.00-24.00
09/07 07.00-23.00
16/07 07.00-23.00
 23/07  07.00-23.00
29/07 16.00-24.00
30/07 07.00-24.00
   
AUGUST  
07/08, 14/08, 21/08, 28/08 08.00-22.00
05/08 16.00- 06/08 23.00
12/08 16.00-24.00
13/08 07.00-23.00
15/08 07.00-23.00
20/08 07.00-23.00
27/08 07.00-23.00
   
SEPTEMBER  
04/09, 11/09, 18/09, 28/09 08.00-22.00
   
OCTOBER  
02/10, 09/12, 16/10, 23/10, 30/10 16.00-22.00
   
NOVEMBER  
01/11, 06/11, 13/11, 20/11, 27/11 08.00-22.00
   
DECEMBER  
04/12, 11/12, 18/12, 25/12 08.00-22.00
07/12 16.00-22.00
08/12 08.00-22.00
23/12 16.00-22.00
24/12 08.00-22.00
26/12 08.00-22.00
   
Greece

 
Vehicles concerned goods vehicles with a payload of over 1.5t
Prohibition
  • on 12 February, 24 March, 27 October, 24 December, 31 December and 5 January 2011 from 16h00 to 21h00;
  • on 1 April from 15h00 to 22h00;
  • on 2 April from 6h00 to 16h00;
  • on 30 April, 21 May and 13 August from 16h00 to 22h00;
  • on 1 May from 8h00 to 13h00;
  • from 1 June to 30 September, every Friday from 16h00 to 21h00.
Area
  • Athens β€" Corinth β€" Patra motorway, in the direction of Patra, between Elefsina toll and Rio toll;
  • Athens β€" Lamia β€" Thessaloniki motorway, in the direction of Thessaloniki, between the junctions of Agios Stefanos (Kryoneri) and Bralos, between the junctions of Lamia and Raches Fthiotidos and from Larissa (km 365+400) to the region of Skotina (km 410);
  • Thessaloniki β€" N.Moudania motorway, in the direction of N.Moudania, between the bridge at Thermi and km 34;
    Schimatari β€" Chalkida motorway, in the direction of Chalkida, from the intersection with the Athens-Thessaloniki motorway to the Chalkida bridge (km 12+300).
Exceptions vehicles transporting fresh milk, fresh fish, fresh meat or livestock as well as vehicles carrying fresh fruit and vegetables.
   
Prohibition
  • on 13 February from 8h00 to 13h00;
  • on 15 March, 25 March and 28 October from 15h00 to 21h00; β‹… on 5 April, 26 December, 2 January 2011 and 6 January 2011, from 15h00 to 22h00;
  • on 2 May, 24 May and 15 August, from 16h00 to 23h00;
  • from 1 June to 30 September, every Sunday from 15h00 to 22h00;
  • from 1 January to 31 May and from 1 October to 31 December, every Sunday from 15h00 to 21h00
Area
  • Patras β€" Corinth β€" Athens motorway, in the direction of Athens, between Rio and Elefsina toll;
  • Thessaloniki β€" Athens motorway, in the direction of Athens, between the junctions of Raches Fthiotidos and Lamia and between the junctions of Bralos and Agios Stefanos (Kryoneri);
  • N.Moudania β€" Thessaloniki motorway, in the direction of Thessaloniki, between km 34 and the bridge at Thermi;
  • Chalkida β€" Schimatari motorway, in the direction of Athens, from the Chalkida bridge (km 12+300) to the intersection with the Athens- Thessaloniki motorway.
Exceptions vehicles transporting fresh milk, fresh fish, fresh meat or livestock as well as vehicles carrying fresh fruit and vegetables.
   
Prohibition
  • from 1 June to 30 September, every Sunday from 16h00 to 23h00
  • from 1 January to 31 May and from 1 October to 31 December, every Sunday from 15h00 to 21h00
Area
  • Thessaloniki β€" Athens motorway, in the direction of Athens, between the Skotina region (km 410) and Larissa (km 365+400)
Exceptions vehicles transporting fresh milk, fresh fish, fresh meat or livestock as well as vehicles carrying fresh fruit and vegetables.
   
Germany
Vehicles concerned trucks with a total permissible weight of over 7.5t, as well as trucks with trailers.
Area throughout the road and motorway network
Prohibition Sundays and public holidays from 00h00 to 22h00
Additional restrictions (summer)  
Area the following stretches of motorway and trunk roads:
A1 from the KoΜˆln-west via Wuppertal, the Kamen intersection and MuΜˆnster to the Cloppenburg junction and from the Oyten junction to the Horst intersection
A2 from the Oberhausen intersection to the Bad Oeynhausen intersection
A3 from the Oberhausen intersection to the Cologne-east intersection, from the MoΜˆnchhof intersection via the Frankfurt intersection to the NuΜˆrnberg intersection
A4/E40 from the Herleshausen junction to the Nossen intersection
A5 from the Darmstadt intersection via Karlsruhe to the Neuenburg
intersection
A6 from the Schwetzingen-Hockenheim junction to the NuΜˆrnberg-
south intersection
A7 from the Schleswig/Jagel junction to the Hamburg-Schnelsen-
north junction, from the Soltau-East junction to the GoΜˆttingen- north junction; from the Schweinfurt/Werneck intersection, the Biebelried intersection, the Ulm/Elchingen intersection and the AllgaΜˆu intersection to the state border at FuΜˆssen
A8 from the Karlsruhe intersection to the Munich-west junction and from the Munich-Ramersdorf junction to the Bad Reichenhall junction
A9/E51 Berlin ringroad (Leipzig branch road/Potsdam intersection) to the Munich-Schwabing junction
A10 Berlin ringroad, with the exception of the section from the Berlin- Spandau junction via the Havelland intersection to the Oranienburg intersection and the section between the Spreeau intersection and the Werder intersection
A45 from the Dortmund-south junction via the Westhof intersection and the Gambach intersection to the Seligenstadt intersection
A61 from the Meckenheim intersection via the Koblenz intersection to the Hockenheim intersection
A81 from the Weinsberg intersection to the GaΜˆrtringen junction
A92 from the Munich-Feldmoching intersection to the Oberschleissheim junction and from the Neufahrn intersection to
the Erding junction
A93 from the Inntal intersection to the Reischenhart junction
A99 from the Munich-south-west intersection via the intersections at
Munich-west, Munich-Allach, Munich Feldmoching, Munich-
north, Munich-east, Munich-south and Munich/Eschenried
A215 from the Bordesholm intersection to the Blumenthal junction
A831 from the Stuttgart-Vaihingen junction to the Stuttgart motorway
intersection
A980 from the AllgaΜˆu intersection to the Waltenhofen junction
A995 from the Sauerlach junction to the Munich-south intersection
B31 from the Stockach-east junction of the A98 to the Sigmarszell
junction of the A96
B96/E251 from Neubrandenburg ringroad to Berlin
Prohibition Saturdays between 1 July and 31 August from 07h00 to 20h00
Exceptions (apply to both of the above prohibitions)
  • Combined rail/road goods transport from the shipper to the nearest loading railway station or from the nearest designated unloading railway station to the consignee up to a distance of 200km (no limitation on distance during the additional summer restrictions); also combined sea/road goods transport between the place of loading or unloading and a port situated within a radius of 150km maximum (delivery or loading).
  • Deliveries of fresh milk and other dairy produce, fresh meat and its fresh derivatives, fresh fish, live fish and their fresh derivatives, perishable foodstuffs (fruit and vegetables).
  • Empty vehicles, in connection with the transport operations mentioned under the preceding item.
  • Transport operations using vehicles subject to the Federal Law on the obligations of service; the relevant authorisation must be carried on board and produced for inspection on request.

Also exempted from the prohibition are vehicles belonging to the police and federal border guard, fire brigades and emergency services, the federal armed services and allied troops.

For operations which are not covered by the above-mentioned exceptions, authorisations must be obtained. These, however, will be issued only in the event of an emergency, when delivery by other means of transport is not possible.
Night driving restrictions There exist a certain number of night driving restrictions on specific routes. These are indicated by road signs.
Public holidays 2011
1 January New Year's Day
22 April Good Friday
25 April
Easter Monday
1 May
Labour Day*
2 June Ascension
13 June Whit Monday
23 June
Corpus Christi (only in Baden-Wurtemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North-Rhine Westphalia, Rhineland- Palatinate and Saar)
3 October German Unification Day
31 October
Reformation Day (only in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia)
1 November
All Saints' Day (only in Baden-Wurtemberg, Bavaria, North-Rhine Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saar)
25 December Christmas Day*
26 December
St Stephen's Day
* Sunday  

 

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