France

2026:

A driving ban for HGVs over 7.5 t GVW applies on the entire road and motorway network from 22:00 on Saturdays to 22:00 on Sundays, as well as on the day before a public holiday from 22:00 until 22:00 on the holiday.

For the Greater Paris area, for HGVs over 7.5 t GVW, there is a driving ban outbound on Fridays from 16:00 to 21:00, on Saturdays from 10:00 to 18:00 as well as from 22:00 to 24:00, on Sundays and public holidays from 00:00 to 24:00, on the day before public holidays from 16:00 to 24:00, and inbound from Saturdays 22:00 to 24:00, on Sundays and public holidays from 00:00 to 24:00, on the day before public holidays from 22:00 to 24:00, and on Mondays or the day following public holidays from 6:00 to 10:00 on the following sections:

•  Motorway A 6: from the junction with A 6a and A 6b to the connection to RN104-Est (municipality of Lisses)

•  Motorways A 6a and A 6b: from the Boulevard Périphérique (Paris ring road) to the interchanges with motorways A 6 and A 10 (municipality of Wissous);

•  Motorway A 106: from the junction with A 6b to Orly Airport;

•  Motorway A 10: from the junction with A 6a and A 6b to RN20 (municipality of Champlan)

•  Motorway A 12: from the junction with motorway A 13 (Rocquencourt interchange) to RN10 (municipality of Montigny-le-Bretonneux)

•  Motorway A 13: from the Boulevard Périphérique (Paris ring road) to the Poissy/Orgeval junction (municipality of Orgeval)

Summer driving ban: From mid-July to mid-August, a driving ban applies to HGVs over 7.5 t GVW on Saturdays from 7:00 to 19:00.

In Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, Strasbourg, around Grenoble and in the entire Greater Municipality of Lille, the département of Gironde including the capital Bordeaux, the Aix–Marseille Metropolis and Saint-Étienne, environmental zones already exist. As new environmental zones are continually being designated and existing regulations are being tightened, a comprehensive overview is not possible. It is therefore advisable to obtain information about the environmental zones of the areas to be driven through before departure. Entering the zones is only permitted with the so-called Crit’Air sticker.

The sticker costs just under four euros plus shipping (shipping time max. 15 days) and is available for foreign vehicles exclusively online at "www.certificat-air.gouv.fr/de". There are six categories of the French environmental sticker, divided into different emission classes.

In Paris, there are restrictions concerning the loading and unloading of HGVs, determined by emissions class and the footprint area of the vehicle combination or semi-trailer. Exempt are HGVs with a footprint of less than 29 m² that meet at least the Euro V emissions standard. For all other vehicles with a footprint of 29 m² to 43 m² there is a delivery and collection ban from 7:00 to 22:00. In addition, loading and unloading is permitted only for a maximum of 30 minutes and with a special parking disc (available, among others, from the French trade association "FNTR", see contact on the left) on which the arrival time and emissions class must be set.

Statutory and regional public holidays: 1 January, 03 April (Good Friday), 06 (Easter Monday), 1 May, 8 May (Liberation Day 1945), 14 May (Ascension Day), 25 May (Whit Monday), 14 July (National Day), 15 August (Assumption of Mary), 1 November (All Saints’ Day), 11 November (Armistice 1918), 25 and 26 (regional) December.

Fédération Nationale des Transports (FNTR) 6, rue Ampère; F-7501 Paris; Tel. +33(0)144 29 04 04; Fax +33(0)144 29 04 01; contact@fntr.fr