Holiday travel ban - exemption authorisation
In summer, there is a driving ban for HGVs on some motorways and main roads on Saturdays. In individual cases, you can apply for an exemption from this ban.
Description
From 1 July to 31 August, a driving ban applies on Saturdays between 7 am and 8 pm on certain motorways and main roads for trucks over 7.5 tonnes and for all trucks with trailers that transport goods commercially. Under certain conditions, you can apply for a special permit for your lorry.
Requirements
Exceptions are possible if the transport is urgent and in the public interest(e.g. to maintain public supply facilities). The exemption authorisation for the laden journey includes necessary empty journeys.
- Munich is your place of residence or registered office of the company/branch office
- or the goods are loaded in Munich
Required documents
- Fully completed application form
- Proof that an alternative route is not reasonable and that the motorway affected by the driving ban must be used. Economic or competitive reasons do not justify an exemption.
- Proof of urgency and public interest.
- Further documents may be required in individual cases.
Questions & Answers
Yes. Typical examples include:
- The transport of fresh milk, fresh meat, fresh fish and highly perishable fruit or vegetables
- The transport of agricultural produce during the relevant harvest season. This refers to products that are still in their original state, i.e. not yet processed (for example, cereal grains, but not flour)
- Caravans and trailers towed behind lorries with a maximum authorised mass of up to 3.5 tonnes for sporting and leisure purposes
- Emergency journeys by recovery, towing and repair vehicles (including empty journeys to or from the scene of an incident)
- Vehicles in which the items being transported form part of the vehicle’s inventory, such as exhibition, film and television vehicles, as well as fairground vehicles
- Self-propelled work machines (e.g. mobile cranes)
No, the exemption cannot be transferred to other vehicles.
You can find information on this in our application form or in Section 1 of the Holiday Travel Regulation.
These must be entered in the commercial, co-operative or partnership register. A branch is a geographically separate part of the company which, as an organisational unit, participates independently in legal transactions and where employees work partly under the authority of the head office and partly independently of it.
There are general exemptions from the driving ban set out in the Holiday Travel Regulation. In these cases, you do not require a special exemption. For specific information, please contact us directly (see ‘Contact’).
Some typical examples are listed here:
- Transport of fresh milk, fresh meat, fresh fish and highly perishable fruit or vegetables
- Caravans and trailers towed behind lorries with a maximum authorised mass of up to 3.5 tonnes for sporting and leisure purposes
- Emergency journeys by recovery, towing and repair vehicles (including empty journeys to or from the scene of an incident)
- Tractors used exclusively to tow other vehicles, as well as tractors and articulated lorries with an auxiliary load area, the payload of which does not exceed 0.4 times the maximum authorised mass
- Vehicles in which the items being transported form part of the vehicle’s inventory, such as exhibition, film and television vehicles, as well as fairground vehicles
- self-propelled work machines (for example, mobile cranes)
Legal basis
§ 1, 4 Holiday Travel Ordinance (FRV)
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