Truck restrictions in France in 2026
CABINA Editorial Team
Restrictions on trucks over 7,5 t in France in 2026: weekends, eves of public holidays, the All Saints bridge and winter and summer Saturdays.
Machine translation, not verified [NV].
Truck restrictions in France in 2026 apply to vehicles over 7,5 tonnes gross weight carrying goods, according to the official calendar published by Bison Futé [V].
The general rule
Across the whole French network, vehicles or combinations over 7,5 t carrying goods, dangerous or not, may not run from Saturday at 22:00 to Sunday at 22:00 [V]. Specialised vehicles and agricultural machinery are excluded [V].
The ban also applies from 22:00 on the eve of a public holiday until 22:00 on the holiday itself [V].
The All Saints bridge
According to the 2026 calendar table [V]:
- Saturday 31/10: ban from 22 to 24 across France; from 10 to 24 in the Paris-to-provinces direction (Île-de-France).
- Sunday 1/11: from 00 to 22; from 00 to 24 in Île-de-France.
- Monday 2/11: from 06 to 10 in the provinces-to-Paris direction.
- Tuesday 10/11: from 22 to 24, and Wednesday 11/11 (Armistice) from 00 to 22.
Winter and summer Saturdays
The Arrêté du 26 décembre 2025, published in JORF n. 6 of 8/1/2026, adds bans for vehicles over 7,5 t [V]. In winter, from 7 to 18, on the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes roads listed in its annex, on Saturdays 7, 14, 21, 28/2 and 7/3. In summer, from 7 to 19, across metropolitan France, on Saturdays 11, 18, 25/7 and 1, 8/8 (art. 2) [V].
The Arrêté cites as its legal basis the arrêté du 16 avril 2021 and articles R. 411-18 and R. 411-27 of the Code de la route [V]; the 2021 text has not been read.
What is missing
Exemptions and fines: data not found / to be verified [NV]. The Service Public page on truck restrictions could not be opened [NV].
The original texts are in French; the data have been machine-translated into English, not verified [NV]. This article does not replace the rules or advice on specific cases.
Base Spanish not verified by a native speaker [NV].
CABINA Editorial Team
Sources
- Bison Futé, “Calendrier des interdictions complémentaires de circuler 2026”: https://www.bison-fute.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/26056_BROCHURE_2026_FR.pdf, consulted on 29/10/2026 [V].
- Arrêté du 26 décembre 2025, NOR TRAT2529272A, JORF n. 6 of 8/1/2026: https://www.bison-fute.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/joe_arrete_interdictions_complementaires_TRM_2026.pdf, consulted on 29/10/2026 [V].
- Service Public (DILA), “Restrictions et interdictions de circulation des poids-lourds”: https://entreprendre.service-public.gouv.fr/vosdroits/F33698, not accessible on 29/10/2026 [NV].
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