{"id":4342,"date":"2022-05-06T16:01:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T16:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.874.html"},"modified":"2022-05-06T16:01:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T16:01:14","slug":"france-new-regulations-for-winter-equipment-from-1st-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/avicegroup.com\/de\/france-new-regulations-for-winter-equipment-from-1st-november\/","title":{"rendered":"France – new regulations for winter equipment from 1st November"},"content":{"rendered":"

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France has introduced new regulations regarding the use of winter tires and the obligation of carrying snow chains in vehicles during winter months.<\/div>\n<\/h1>\n

From 1st of November all vehicles have to be fitted with different winter equipment in the period from November 1 to March 31, depending on vehicle type, when driving in the following mountainous regions.
\n\u2022 the Alps
\n\u2022 Corsica
\n\u2022 the Massif Central
\n\u2022 the Jura Mountains
\n\u2022 the Pyrenees
\n\u2022 the Vosges
\nRegulations for heavy goods vehicles from 3.5 t GVW (N2, N3):<\/b>
\n\u2022 HGVs without a trailer or semitrailer have to be equipped with at least 2 snow chains (or comparable, removable anti-slip equipment) or
\n\u2022 be fitted with at least 4 winter tires, which must be fitted on at least 2 wheels on the steering axle and on at least 2 wheels on the drive axle. If the vehicle has more than 1 steering axle, winter tires have to be fitted on all wheels.
\n\u2022 HGVS pulling a trailer or semitrailer have to be equipped with anti-slip equipment (snow chains or similar equipment).
\nAcceptable equipment:<\/b>
\n\u2022 Anti-slip equipment such as snow chains and textile snow socks
\n\u2022 Winter tires: From November 1, 2024, only winter tires with the 3PMSF (3 Peak Mountain Snow Flake) symbol will be allowed. Until November 1, 2024, the use of winter tires with the “M + S” marking is also allowed.
\nNew traffic signs:<\/b>
\nFrance has introduced new road signs that accompany the new regulation. The road sign B58 indicates the general obligation to carry winter equipment in certain zones when entering the zone. The sign B59 indicates the end of a zone where vehicles are obliged to carry winter equipment.
\nFurthermore, the existing traffic sign B26 will also be used in the future to indicate the obligation of using snow chains owing to winter conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

France has introduced new regulations regarding the use of winter tires and the obligation of carrying snow chains in vehicles during winter months. From 1st of November all vehicles have to be fitted with different winter equipment in the period from November 1 to March 31, depending on vehicle type, when driving in the following […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/avicegroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4342"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/avicegroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/avicegroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/avicegroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/avicegroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/avicegroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/avicegroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/avicegroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/avicegroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}