Basic information

From 21:30 or 23:30 on Saturdays and the day before a public holiday

Vehicles

Heavy goods vehicles of over 7.5t maximum permissible weight (MPW), with or without a trailer.

Applies to roads

Throughout the road and motorway network.

Detailed information

Direction:

Belgium/Germany to France

From 21:30 on Saturdays and the day before a public holiday

To 21:45 on Sundays and public holidays

Belgium/France to Germany

From 23:30 on Saturdays and the day before a public holiday

To 21:45 on Sundays and public holidays

Exceptions:

• vehicles transporting livestock, animal-based perishable goods irrespective of their state (fresh, frozen, deep-frozen or salted, smoked, dried or sterilised), fresh or untreated vegetable-based perishable goods (fruit and vegetables), cut flowers or potted plants and flowers
• empty vehicles making a trip in relation with the transport operations referred to above, on condition that the vehicles are heading for Germany
• vehicles which, during the harvest period, are engaged in the collection and transport of agricultural produce from its place of harvest to its place of storage, processing or packing
• vehicles carrying loads which are indispensable for carrying out economic, sports, cultural, educational or political events, after obtaining a suitable authorization
• vehicles carrying only newspapers
• vehicles carrying out office or factory removals
• vehicles belonging to tradesmen and which are used for the sale of their products at fairs or markets
• vehicles involved in a combined rail-road transport operation between the place of loading and the station of transfer, or between the station of transfer and the destination of the goods, on condition that the distance covered does not exceed 200km and that the transport takes place in the direction of Germany
• vehicles for emergency use by the police, army, customs, civil defence and fire brigade as well as those used to transport vehicles which have broken down or have been involved in an accident
• vehicles being driven under an exceptional authorisation from the Minister of Transport and which exceed the maximum statutory weight as specified above, in particular for transport operations intended to allow the non-stop operation of factories, to prevent any breakdown in supplies or to contribute to the execution of public services in response to immediate local needs.

The above-mentioned Ministerial authorisation must be shown on demand to officers responsible for controlling road traffic.

• in addition to Luxemburg’s official public holidays, the above restrictions are in force on 8 May, 14 July and 11 November for transport operations to France and on 30 March, 31 May, 3 October and 26 December for transport operations to Germany
• vehicles concerned by the above-mentioned driving restrictions are not permitted to stop or to park on public roads during the period of these restrictions. This measure also applies to vehicles whose MPW, with or without a trailer, exceeds 7.5t and which are registered or are partly unloaded in Luxembourg and which intend to transport goods to France or Germany
• police officers are entitled to order drivers of vehicles found in breach of the above-mentioned driving restrictions and parking bans to return respectively to their country of origin, or their business premises or place of loading/unloading in Luxembourg
• infringement of these rules will be punished in compliance with the provisions of the amended Art.7 of the law of 14 February 1955 relating to traffic regulations on all public roads

Permanent Restriction

Area:

access to the following road sections is forbidden in both directions:

• the CR150, between its intersection with the CR152 at Burmerange and its intersection with the CR152 at Remerschen
• the CR152, between its intersection with the CR150 at Burmerange and its intersection with the CR152B at Schengen
• the N16, between its intersection with the N16A at Mondorf-les-Bains and the Mondor interchange linking the A13 motorway with the N16

access to the following road sections is forbidden in the direction indicated:

• the Schengen interchange of the A13, slip-road in direction of the Croix de Bettembourg, between the N10 and the A13
• the CR151, from the intersection with the N16 at the Kapebësch locality to the intersection with the CR152 at Bech-Kleinmacher
• the CR162, from the intersection with the CR150A at Elvange to the intersection with the CR152 at Wintrange.

Note: this prohibition is signposted

Vehicles concerned: heavy goods vehicles in transit whose MPW, with or without a trailer, exceeds 3.5t, with the exception of those which enter Luxembourg by a route situated to the north of the Steinfort-Rosenberg border crossing on the N6 and the Echternach-Echternacherbrück border crossing on the N11.

The regulation applies, however, to vehicles in transit heading for France which enter Luxemburg by the N5, vehicles arriving from Germany, France or Belgium and which are heading for the European developing areas, and vehicles crossing Luxembourg from Rheinland-Palatinate in the direction of Saarland and the opposite direction.

Permanent restriction.

Area:

Transit traffic is forbidden on the public road network; compulsory routes are indicated by signposts bearing the figure 3.5t on the silhouette of the vehicle, as well as the indication of the direction “Transit Belgium”, “Transit France”, “Transit Germany” or “Transit Germany/France”.

Infringement of these rules will be punished in compliance with the provisions of the amended Art.7 of the law of 14 February 1955 relating to traffic regulations on all public roads.

Holidays

Public holidays 2026

• 1st January - New Year's Day
• 21st April - Easter Monday
• 1st May - Labor Day / May Day
• 9th May - Europe Day
• 29th May - Ascension Day
• 9th June - Whit Monday
• 23rd June - National Day
• 15th August - Assumption of Mary
• 1st November - All Saints' Day
• 25th December - Christmas Day
• 26th December - St Stephen's Day

Although it is a public holiday, there are no driving restrictions on 23 June

Good to know

In Luxembourg the transit of heavy goods vehicles of over 7.5t MPW heading for neighbouring countries (France, Germany, Belgium) is forbidden if in these countries a traffic restriction because of a public holiday is in force.

At entering Luxemburg drivers usually do not come across any obstacles, but inside the country the Police patrols punish such entrance with fines to the amount of several hundred Euro.

Maximum blood-alcohol content – 5‰

IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS:

Assistance breakdown service - provided by the Luxembourg Automobileclub (ACL) +352 26 000, available 24h.

the police - 113

emergency - 112