Truck Driving Bans in France 2026 Next ban

Data verified: 2026-08-02 · local time: 21:20

Is there a truck ban in France today?

No ban is active right now. The next ban window: Sat 17 Oct from 22:00 (local time).

France bans goods vehicles and vehicle combinations over 7.5 t maximum authorised laden weight on the entire road network every week from Saturday 22:00 to Sunday 22:00, and from 22:00 on the eve of a public holiday to 22:00 on the holiday itself. In 2026 additional bans apply on five summer Saturdays (11, 18, 25 July and 1, 8 August, 07:00–19:00, whole network) and five winter Saturdays (7, 14, 21, 28 February and 7 March, 07:00–18:00, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes network), plus stricter rules on listed Ile-de-France motorways. Legal basis: arrete du 16 avril 2021 and the annual arrete du 26 decembre 2025.

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Next ban windows (7 days)

Date	From	Until	Details
Sat 17 Oct	22:00	23:59	Weekend ban begins (Sat & public-holiday eves from 22:00, running to 22:00 Sun/holiday) — Arrêté du 2 mars 2015, nationwide, trucks >7.5t
Sun 18 Oct	00:00	22:00	Sunday & public-holiday ban (year-round; trucks >7.5t)

Weekly ban rules

Rule	When	Hours	Where	Vehicles	Notes
Weekend and public holiday ban	Every weekend and every public holiday, starting on the eve	Saturday 22:00 – Sunday 22:00; eve of holiday 22:00 – holiday 22:00	Entire road and motorway network of metropolitan France	Goods vehicles and vehicle combinations over 7.5 t maximum authorised laden weight, excluding specialised vehicles and agricultural vehicles and machinery	When a public holiday falls next to a weekend the bans run back to back: Easter Monday and Whit Monday each produce a continuous ban from Saturday 22:00 to Monday 22:00, and Assumption Day 2026 (Saturday 15 August) produces a continuous ban from Friday 22:00 to Sunday 22:00.
Summer Saturday ban	Saturdays 11, 18, 25 July and 1, 8 August 2026	07:00–19:00	Entire road network of metropolitan France	Goods vehicles and combinations over 7.5 t maximum authorised laden weight	Set each year by decree; the 2026 dates come from the arrete du 26 decembre 2025. Article 2 of the arrete du 16 avril 2021 replaces the normal weekend-ban hours on these Saturdays rather than adding to them, so traffic resumes at 19:00 and runs uninterrupted to midnight — Bison Fute confirmed there is no additional 22:00 cutoff.
Winter Saturday ban (Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes)	Saturdays 7, 14, 21, 28 February and 7 March 2026	07:00–18:00	The designated Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes road network serving the alpine resorts, including the A40, A43, A48 and A41 and connecting national roads	Goods vehicles and combinations over 7.5 t maximum authorised laden weight	Covers the peak ski-season change-over Saturdays. The normal weekend ban still starts at 22:00 on these dates.
Ile-de-France supplementary ban	Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and their eves, plus Monday mornings	Paris–province direction: Fridays 16:00–21:00, eves of holidays 16:00–22:00, Saturdays 10:00–18:00, Sundays and holidays 22:00–24:00. Province–Paris direction: Sundays and holidays 22:00–24:00, Mondays and days after holidays 06:00–10:00	Listed Ile-de-France motorways: A6A and A6B (Paris ring road to Wissous), A106 to Orly airport, A6 to the RN 104-Est junction at Lisses, A10 to the RN 20 at Champlan, A13 (Paris ring road to Poissy-Orgeval) and A12 to the RN 10 at Montigny-le-Bretonneux	Goods vehicles and combinations over 7.5 t maximum authorised laden weight	No derogations apply on the Ile-de-France network.

Ban dates 2026 (holidays)

Date	Day	Holiday	Hours	Scope
2026-01-01	Thursday	New Year's Day (Jour de l'an)	Eve 22:00 – 22:00	Nationwide
2026-04-06	Monday	Easter Monday (Lundi de Paques)	Eve 22:00 – 22:00	Nationwide; continuous ban from Saturday 4 April 22:00 to Monday 22:00
2026-05-01	Friday	Labour Day (Fete du Travail)	Eve 22:00 – 22:00	Nationwide; the weekend ban follows from Saturday 22:00
2026-05-08	Friday	Victory in Europe Day (Victoire 1945)	Eve 22:00 – 22:00	Nationwide; the weekend ban follows from Saturday 22:00
2026-05-14	Thursday	Ascension Day (Ascension)	Eve 22:00 – 22:00	Nationwide
2026-05-25	Monday	Whit Monday (Lundi de Pentecote)	Eve 22:00 – 22:00	Nationwide; continuous ban from Saturday 23 May 22:00 to Monday 22:00
2026-07-14	Tuesday	Bastille Day (Fete nationale)	Eve 22:00 – 22:00	Nationwide
2026-08-15	Saturday	Assumption Day (Assomption)	Eve 22:00 – 22:00	Nationwide; continuous ban from Friday 14 August 22:00 to Sunday 16 August 22:00
2026-11-01	Sunday	All Saints' Day (Toussaint)	Eve 22:00 – 22:00	Nationwide; coincides with the normal Sunday ban
2026-11-11	Wednesday	Armistice Day (Armistice 1918)	Eve 22:00 – 22:00	Nationwide
2026-12-25	Friday	Christmas Day (Noel)	Eve 22:00 – 22:00	Nationwide; the weekend ban follows from Saturday 22:00

Seasonal bans

Summer Saturday ban — 11 July – 8 August 2026 (designated Saturdays), 07:00–19:00

On Saturdays 11, 18, 25 July and 1, 8 August 2026 goods vehicles and combinations over 7.5 t maximum authorised laden weight are banned from 07:00 to 19:00 on the entire road network of metropolitan France. On these designated Saturdays Article 2 of the arrete du 16 avril 2021 replaces the normal weekend-ban hours rather than adding to them, so trucks can move between 00:00 and 07:00 and, once the ban ends, continuously from 19:00 to midnight; Bison Fute confirmed there is no additional 22:00 cutoff on these dates. The dates are fixed each year by decree (for 2026: arrete du 26 decembre 2025). A mirror winter regime applies on Saturdays 7, 14, 21, 28 February and 7 March 2026, 07:00–18:00, on the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes network only.

Exemptions

Specialised vehicles and agricultural vehicles and machinery (outside the scope of the ban)
Live animals
Perishable foodstuffs listed in Annex I of the arrete du 16 avril 2021
Collection and transport of agricultural products during harvest periods
Equipment for sports, cultural, commercial and charitable events
Press and electoral material
Office and factory removals
Vehicles used for itinerant sales at markets and fairs
Road legs of air freight (camionnage aerien)
Hospital waste and urgent medical supplies
Urgent repair of infrastructure and breakdown intervention
Fuel deliveries to service stations, airports and ports
Waste evacuation from ports and recycling facilities
Individual short-term or long-term derogations issued by the prefect

Fines

Driving during a ban period: 4th class fine, EUR 135 fixed penalty (reduced EUR 90, up to EUR 750)
Vehicle immobilisation can be ordered at the roadside
Violation on a route that protects a dangerous descent or tunnel: 5th class fine up to EUR 1,500
Violation of a permanent local ban: EUR 750 for a natural person, EUR 3,750 for a legal entity
Certain violations also carry a 3-point licence deduction and licence suspension of up to 3 years

Long combined ban periods in 2026

Because holiday bans start at 22:00 on the eve, several 2026 dates create long continuous stops. Easter: Saturday 4 April 22:00 to Monday 6 April 22:00. Whitsun: Saturday 23 May 22:00 to Monday 25 May 22:00. Assumption: Friday 14 August 22:00 to Sunday 16 August 22:00. On 1 May, 8 May and 25 December the holiday ban ends at 22:00 on Friday and the weekend ban starts again at 22:00 on Saturday, leaving a 24-hour driving window between them.

Alsace-Moselle local holidays

Good Friday (3 April 2026) and 26 December are statutory public holidays only in the Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle departments. The eve-of-holiday and holiday ban pattern applies locally there on those dates; in the rest of France they are normal working days for trucks.

Bison Fute traffic management

Bison Fute, the national road-traffic information service, publishes the annual brochure of supplementary truck bans, colour-coded traffic forecasts for peak departure and return days, and temporary prefectural restrictions. Short-notice storm, snow or heat orders and departure-wave measures are published there before they reach commercial route planners.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a truck ban in France today?

No ban is active right now. The next ban window: Sat 17 Oct from 22:00 (local time).

Are trucks banned every Sunday in France?

Yes. Goods vehicles and combinations over 7.5 t maximum authorised laden weight are banned on the entire French road network from Saturday 22:00 to Sunday 22:00 every week.

What trucks are affected by the French driving ban?

Goods vehicles and vehicle combinations over 7.5 t maximum authorised laden weight. Specialised vehicles and agricultural vehicles and machinery are outside the scope of the ban.

Does France ban trucks on public holidays?

Yes. The ban runs from 22:00 on the eve of the public holiday until 22:00 on the holiday itself, on the entire network. France has 11 national public holidays in 2026.

When is the summer truck ban in France in 2026?

On Saturdays 11, 18, 25 July and 1, 8 August 2026, from 07:00 to 19:00, on the entire road network of metropolitan France. On these dates the summer ban replaces the normal weekend ban rather than adding to it, so traffic runs freely from 19:00 to midnight.

Can trucks drive continuously from 19:00 until midnight after the summer Saturday ban ends?

Yes. Bison Fute confirmed that on the five designated summer Saturdays the 07:00-19:00 ban replaces the normal Saturday 22:00 weekend-ban start rather than stacking with it, so heavy goods vehicles over 7.5 t may drive without interruption from 19:00 until midnight.

Do the extra summer bans apply on every Saturday in July and August?

No. They apply only on the five Saturdays designated in the annual decree: 11, 18, 25 July and 1, 8 August 2026. On other summer Saturdays only the normal 22:00 weekend start applies.

Is there a winter truck ban in France?

Yes, a regional one. On Saturdays 7, 14, 21, 28 February and 7 March 2026 trucks over 7.5 t are banned from 07:00 to 18:00 on the designated Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes network serving the alpine resorts, including the A40, A43, A48 and A41.

What are the special truck rules in Ile-de-France?

Listed motorways around Paris (A6A, A6B, A106, A6, A10, A13, A12 sections) carry supplementary bans: outbound Paris–province on Fridays 16:00–21:00, eves of holidays 16:00–22:00, Saturdays 10:00–18:00 and Sundays and holidays 22:00–24:00; inbound province–Paris on Sundays and holidays 22:00–24:00 and Mondays and days after holidays 06:00–10:00. No derogations apply on this network.

What is the fine for violating the truck ban in France?

A 4th class fine of EUR 135 (reduced EUR 90, up to EUR 750), and the vehicle can be immobilised. On routes protecting a dangerous descent or tunnel the fine rises to EUR 1,500.