by Italy is reintroducing border controls
The measure is connected with the G20 summit to be held in Rome during this coming weekend.
Controls will be reintroduced at all internal state borders from 10.00 p.m. on October 27 to 1.00 p.m. on November 1. According to the Italian Ministry of the Interior, this is common practice in the case of important events and has recently been applied by the Schengen area countries and the European Commission. Italy shares a border with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia.
by Austria is reintroducing temporary border controls
The decision was introduced by virtue an ordinance of the Austrian Minister of the Interior issued on November 3.
In the period from 00:00 on November 12, 2021, until midnight on May 11, 2022, in order to ensure peace, order and public safety, internal EU borders with the Republic of Slovenia and Hungary may only be crossed at border crossing points.
by Closures and traffic rectrictions in the Mont Blanc Tunnel.
Owing to maintenance works and safety drills, the following traffic restrictions can be expected until the end of November
Complete tunnel closures
• on Tuesday 23rd November, from 19.30 to 6.00:
• on Wednesday 24th November, from 19.30 p.m. to 6.00;
• on Monday 29th November, from 19.00 to 6.00
Drivers are advised to remember that inconveniences can also be expected one hour before a closure and one hour after the tunnel reopens owing to possible movements of escort vehicles.
Alternating one-way traffic [*]
– from 22:30 on November 30, to 6:00 am on December 1.
[*] Traffic management at the tunnel gates
✅ Direction: France -> Italy
closes: 22:30 – opens: 23:00
closes: 23:30 – opens: 0:45
closes: 1:30 – opens: 2:45
closes: 3:30 – opens: 4:45
closes: 5:15 – opens: 6:00
✅ Direction: Italy -> France
closes: 22:30 – opens: 23:45
closes: 00:30 – opens: 1:45
closes: 2:30 – opens: 3:45
closes: 4:30 – opens: 5:30.
by Germany – the 3G rule comes into effect. What does it mean for lorry drivers?
The new regulations come into today (November 24).
Under the 3G rule, vehicles are not regarded as workplaces. In the case of lorry drivers who do not come into contact with others during their work, a 3G certificate is not required. However, as soon as there is contact with other people (e.g. during loading, unloading, refueling), a 3G certificate is required. The same applies to loading and unloading points. The BGL association is investigating the possibility of mobile testing for drivers.
by Słowacja znosi zakazy
Dotyczy ono pojazdów, których przeznaczenie (np. baza firmy lub miejsce rozładunku) znajduje się na terenie Republiki Słowackiej.
W związku ze zbliżającymi się dniami ustawowo wolnymi od pracy Prezydium Policji Republiki Słowackiej udzieliło ogólnego zwolnienia (zgodnie z § 140 ust. 3 ustawy o ruchu drogowym) z zakazu prowadzenia pojazdów w dniu 24 grudnia 2021 r. oraz w dniach 1 i 6 stycznia 2022 r.
Zwolnienie dotyczy wszystkich samochodów ciężarowych poruszających się po autostradach, drogach dla pojazdów mechanicznych, drogach klasy I i drogach ruchu międzynarodowego, przyjeżdżających na terytorium Republiki Słowackiej z niektórych krajów sąsiednich, których przeznaczenie (np. siedziba firmy lub miejsce rozładunku) znajduje się na terenie Republiki Słowackiej.
by Catalonia: a change in Sunday HGV traffic restrictions
The new measure will take effect on Sunday, April 24 by virtue of the regulation of the Catalan Road Traffic Service, which introduces HGV traffic restrictions for 2022.
The regulation amends the restrictions that apply on the AP-7 between KP 5, at Girona-Norte and KP 216 in El Vendrell: the restrictions will not apply every Sunday, but only on Sundays when additional lanes are open in the opposite direction. On these days, lorries will only be able to drive along the right-hand lane with a maximum speed of 80 kph.
❗ In addition, on the following three days from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM lorries will not be able to use the AP-7 between KP 84.5 and 281 in both directions: on Sunday, June 26, Monday, August 15 and Monday, September 26.
As regards the restrictions in the Holy Week, owing to a delay in the entry into force of the regulation for 2022, the restrictions for 2021 are still in effect, which means that on April 17, lorries will still have to drive along the right-hand lane at a maximum speed of 80 kph.
by Hungary – suspensions of HGV driving bans
At the request of the Hungarian Road Transport Association (MKFE), the Hungarian Ministry of Transport has suspended the driving ban for vehicles with MAM over 7.5t during 8 night hours from Sunday April 17 to Monday April 18 to enable the movement of heavy goods vehicles on Hungarian roads.
After the changes, the driving bans will apply:
❌ on April 14 (Holy Thursday) from 10:00 PM to 10:00 PM on April 15 (Good Friday) (for all HGVs with MAM over 7.5 tons in domestic and international traffic)
❌ on April 16 (Holy Saturday) from 10:00 PM to 10:00 on April 17 (Easter Sunday) (for all HGVs with MAM over 7.5 tons in domestic and international traffic)
❌ on April 18 (Easter Monday) from 06:00 to 10:00 PM on 18 April (Easter Monday) (for all HGVs with MAM over 7.5 tons in domestic and international traffic)
by Additional bans in Austria
153th Ordinance of the Federal Minister for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, with which a driving ban for trucks is imposed on certain roads (driving ban calendar 2022)
By virtue of Section 42 (5) of the 1960 Road Traffic Act, BGBl. No. 159/1960, last amended by BGBl. I No. 154/2021, the following is enacted:
§ 1. The movement of lorries or articulated vehicles with a maximum permissible total weight of more than 7.5 t and lorries with trailers, where the combined maximum permissible weight of both vehicles exceeds 7.5 t is prohibited
1. on April 15 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., on April 16 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., on April 25 between 11 a.m. and 10 p.m. and on June 2, between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. along the A 12 motorway in the Inn valley and the A 13 motorway in the Brenner Pass if the destination of the journey is located in Italy or in a country that has to be reached via Italy;
2. on all Saturdays from July 2, up to and including August 27 between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. if the destination of the journey is located in Italy or in a country that has to be reached via Italy and on April 15 and October 3 from midnight to 10 p.m. and on all Saturdays from July 2, to August 27, between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. if the destination of the journey is located in Germany or in a country that has to be reached via Germany, along the A 12 motorway in the Inn valley and the A 13 motorway in the Brenner Pass;
3. on all Saturdays from July 2 up to and including August 27, between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. outside built-up areas in both directions on the
a) Loferer Straße B 178 from Lofer to Wörgl;
b) Ennstalstraße B 320 starting at road kilometer 4, 500;
c) Seefelder Straße B 177;
d) Fernpassstraße B 179 from Nassereith to Biberwier;
e) Achensee Straße B 181;
4. on all Saturdays from July 2, up to and including August 27 between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. on the A 4 motorway from the Schwechat junction to the Nickelsdorf state border in both directions, with the exception of terminating and originating traffic to and from the districts of Neusiedl am See, Eisenstadt, Eisenstadt area, Rust, Mattersburg, Bruck an der Leitha, Gänserndorf and Korneuburg.
§ 2.(1) The following journeys are exempt from the driving bans mentioned in § 1 items 1, 2, 3 and 4:
1. Transports of slaughter cattle or livestock, mail items and periodicals, supplies of drinks to tourist areas, urgent deliveries to petrol stations, catering establishments and events or repairs of cooling systems, towing services, roadside assistance, assistance in emergencies, medical care, the use of vehicles by road maintenance companies or to maintain road traffic, in road or rail construction, the use of vehicles by public security services, fire brigades, the use of vehicles for garbage collection, waste disposal, to maintain the operation of water treatment plants or the use of vehicles by companies providing regular services, as well as journeys of vehicles used by travelling carnivals (Section 2 (1) Z 42 KFG 1967), incl. teams of lighting and sound engineers travelling to and from the venue, journeys according to § 42 para. 3a StVO, urgent journeys involving lorries, articulated vehicles or trucks with trailers used by the Austrian armed forces or foreign troops staying in Austria by virtue of the Troop Residence Act, BGBI I No. 57/2001, or humanitarian aid transports performed by recognized organizations;
2. Journeys performed exclusively to transport goods to or from airports (Section 64 of the Aviation Act) or military airfields that are used for civil aviation purposes in accordance with Section 62 (3) of the Aviation Act;
3. Journeys involving combined rail-road freight transport from the consignor to the nearest technically suitable loading station or from the closest technically suitable unloading station to the recipient and back to the next loading station, provided that a fully completed document can be presented showing that the vehicle or its superstructures (swap bodies, containers) are to be transported by rail or have already been transported; this applies mutatis mutandis to combined water-road freight transport;
4. Journeys with destinations in Italy or via Italy if they are made along the A 12 motorway in the Inn valley or the A 13 motorway in the Brenner Pass during the period specified in § 1 Items 1 or 2 and which can be credibly shown to be exempt from driving bans that apply in Italy;
5. Journeys with destinations in Germany or via Germany if they are made along the A 12 motorway in the Inn valley or the A 13 motorway in the Brenner Pas during the period specified in § 1 Items 1 or 2 and which can be credibly shown to be exempt from driving bans that apply in Germany.
(2) The driving bans mentioned in § 1 items 3 and 4 do not apply to empty runs performed until 10 a.m. to the driver’s place of residence, company headquarters, freight terminal, truck yard, the vehicle’s permanent location or the place from which the driver can return using public transport or a company car.
§3. Regulations that impose other driving bans remain unaffected.
by Since April 16, EU lorries banned from entering Belarus
Vehicles (cars and tractor units) registered in the European Union are banned from crossing the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union into Belarus.
Hauliers from the EU will be able to travel just 50 kilometers into the country. They should get to the transhipment points, where the cargo will be reloaded onto lorries operated by Belarusian and Russian companies. In this way, Russia wants to maintain the supply of goods, and at the same time ‘compensate’ for the sanctions, which prohibit trade using Belarusian and Russian vehicles.
There is a list of transhipment points near border crossings where lorries registered in the UE means of transport can reloaded their cargo. Information about these places can be found on the website of the State Customs Committee of Belarus.
This restriction will not apply:
– until 23 April to vehicles registered in the EU that entered Belarus before 16 April,
– to vehicles registered in the EU carrying mail and live animals.
Taking the above into account, The Polish Ministry of Infrastructure advises Polish citizens and hauliers not to travel to Belarus and Russia. Those who have vehicles in Belarus and Russia are advised to immediately return to Poland.
www.belta.by/ ZMPD/MI
by List of transhipment points in Belarus connected with the ban on the movement of EU vehicles
Listed below are transhipment points in Belarus connected with the ban on the movement of vehicles registered in the European Union. The restrictions also apply to vehicles with a permissible total weight of up to 3.5 tons.
Since April 16 wehicles registered in the EU can enter Belarus through designated border crossings only to reach places designated by the Belarusian authorities in order to load or unload goods and attach the trailer to another tractor.
Listed below are 14 places where vehicles registered in the EU can reach in order to load or unload and attach a trailer to another tractor unit:
⭕ Customs clearance point Brest – Beltamozhservice and Brest – Beltamozhservice-2 ➡️ Kozłowicze border crossing
⭕ Customs clearance in Brzostowica – Customs and Logistics Center and the waiting area for vehicles in the electronic queuing system before entering the Brzostowica road border crossing * ➡️ Brzostowica crossing
⭕ Customs clearance point Bruzgi – Customs and Logistics Center and the waiting area for vehicles registered in the electronic queuing system before entering the Bruzgi road border crossing * ➡️ Bruzgi crossing
⭕ Customs clearance point Grodno-GAP-2 ➡️ Prywałka crossing
⭕ Lida-auto customs clearance point and the waiting area for vehicles registered in the electronic queuing system before entering the Bieniakonie road border crossing * ➡️ Bieniakonie crossing
⭕Kamienny Łog customs clearance point – Beltamozhservice ➡️ pass Kamienny Łog, Kotłówka
⭕The waiting area for vehicles in the electronic queuing system before entering the Kotłówka road border crossing * ➡️ Kotłówka crossing
⭕The waiting area for vehicles in the electronic queuing system before entering the road border crossing Grygorowszczyzna * ➡️ Grygorowszczyzna crossing
⭕The waiting area for vehicles in the electronic queuing system before entering to the road border crossing Urbany * ➡️ Urbany crossing, Widze
⭕ clearance point Połock – Steklovolokno➡️przejcie Grygorowszczyzna, Urbany, Widze.
* the waiting area can only be used to connect a trailer to another tracktor,
As can be seen from the list above shows along the Polish-Belorussian border there are three transshipment points: in Kozłowicze, Bierestowice and Bruzgi.
The Polish Ministry of Infrastructure advises Polish citizens and hauliers not to travel to Belarus and Russia. Those who have vehicles in Belarus and Russia are advised to immediately return to Poland.