Driving restrictions, goods transport
Luxemburg
Vehicles concerned all goods vehicles arriving from Belgium or Germany and heading for
France, and whose MPW, with or without trailer, exceeds 7.5t
Prohibition from 21h30 on Saturdays and the eve of public holidays until 21h45 on
Sundays and public holidays
Vehicles concerned all goods vehicles arriving from Belgium or France and heading for
Germany, and whose MPW, with or without trailer, exceeds 7.5t
Prohibition from 23h30 on Saturdays and the eve of public holidays until 21h45 on
Sundays and public holidays
Area throughout the road and motorway network
Exceptions
· vehicles transporting livestock, animal-based perishable goods irrespective of their state (fresh,
frozen, deep-frozen or salted, smoked, dried or sterilised), fresh or untreated vegetable-based
perishable goods (fruit and vegetables), cut flowers or potted plants and flowers;
· empty vehicles making a trip in relation with the transport operations referred to above, on
condition that the vehicles are heading for Germany;
· vehicles which, during the harvest period, are engaged in the collection and transport of
agricultural produce from its place of harvest to its place of storage, packing, processing or
transformation;
· vehicles carrying loads which are indispensable for the installation of duly authorised economic,
sports, cultural, educational or political events;
· vehicles carrying only newspapers;
· vehicles carrying out office or factory removals;
· vehicles belonging to tradesmen and which are used for the sale of their products at fairs or
markets;
· vehicles involved in a combined rail-road transport operation between the place of loading and
the station of transfer, or between the station of transfer and the destination of the goods, on
condition that the distance covered does not exceed 200km and that the transport takes place in
the direction of Germany;
· vehicles for emergency use by the police, army, customs, civil defence and fire brigade as well
as those used to transport vehicles which have broken down or been involved in an accident;
· vehicles being driven under cover of an exceptional authorisation from the Minister of Transport
and which exceed the maximum statutory weight as specified above, in particular for transport
operations intended to allow the non-stop operation of factories, to prevent any breakdown in
supplies or to contribute to the execution of public services in response to immediate local
needs; the Ministerial authorisation must be shown on demand to officers responsible for
controlling road traffic.
Public holidays, 2010 1 January New Year’s Day
5 April Easter Monday
1 May Labour Day
13 May Ascension
24 May Whit Monday
23 June National Day *
15 August Assumption
1 November All Saints’ Day
25 December Christmas Day
26 December Christmas Holiday
* Although a public holiday, there are no driving restrictions on 23 June
Notes:
· in addition to Luxemburg’s official public holidays, the above restrictions will be in force on 8
May, 14 July and 11 November for transport operations to France and on 2 April, 3 June, 3
October and 26 December for transport operations to Germany;
· vehicles concerned by the above-mentioned driving restrictions shall not be permitted to stop or
to park on public roads; during the period of these restrictions, this measure shall also apply to
vehicles whose MPW, with or without trailer, exceeds 7.5t and which are registered or undergo a
break of load in Luxemburg and which intend to transport goods to France or Germany;
· police officers are entitled to order drivers of vehicles found in breach of the above-mentioned
driving restrictions and parking bans to return respectively to their country of origin, or their
business premises or place of loading/unloading in Luxemburg;
· infringement of these rules shall be punished in compliance with the provisions of the amended
Art.7 of the law of 14 February 1955 relating to traffic regulations on all public roads.
Vehicles concerned goods vehicles whose MPW exceeds 3.5t, with the exception of vehicles
belonging to residents and delivery vehicles
Prohibition permanent
Area access to the following road sections is forbidden in both directions:
· the CR150, between its intersection with the CR152 at Burmerange
and its intersection with the CR152 at Remerschen;
· the CR152, between its intersection with the CR150 at Burmerange
and its intersection with the CR152B at Schengen;
· the N16, between its intersection with the N16A at Mondorf-les-Bains
and the Mondor interchange linking the A13 motorway with the N16.
access to the following road sections is forbidden in the direction
indicated:
· the Schengen interchange of the A13, slip-road in direction of the Croix
de Bettembourg, between the N10 and the A13;
· the CR151, from the intersection with the N16 at the “Kapebësch”
locality to the intersection with the CR152 at Bech-Kleinmacher;
· the CR162, from the intersection with the CR150A at Elvange to the
intersection with the CR152 at Wintrange.
NB: this prohibition is signposted
Vehicles concerned goods vehicles in transit whose MPW, with or without trailer, exceeds
3.5t, with the exception of those which enter Luxemburg by a route
situated to the north of the Steinfort-Rosenberg border crossing on the
N6 and the Echternach-Echternacherbrück border crossing on the N11.
The regulation applies, however, to vehicles in transit heading for France
which enter Luxemburg by the N5, vehicles arriving from Germany,
France or Belgium and which are heading for the European development
pole, and vehicles crossing Luxemburg from Rheinland-Palatinate in the
direction of Saarland and vice-versa.
Prohibition permanent
Area transit traffic is forbidden on part of the public road network; compulsory
routes are indicated by signposts bearing the figure 3.5t on the silhouette
of the vehicle, as well as the indication of direction “Transit Belgium”,
“Transit France”, “Transit Germany” or “Transit Germany/France”.
Infringement of these rules shall be punished in compliance with the provisions of the amended
Art.7 of the law of 14 February 1955 relating to traffic regulations on all public roads.
Source: CLC, November - December 2009
