Ausnahmegenehmigung vom Sonntagsfahrverbot beantragen

On Sundays and public holidays, trucks with a maximum permissible mass exceeding 7.5 t and trailers behind trucks are not allowed to drive between 0:00 and 22:00. This ban does not apply to certain goods (e.g. various perishable foodstuffs).

Furthermore, an exemption may be granted under certain conditions, e.g. for:

• live animals
• cut flowers and live plants
• agricultural products in their harvest season, if they are not already exempted
• equipment, exhibits and foodstuffs for fairs, exhibitions, markets, public festivals, cultural or sporting events
• Trips by vintage trucks to trade fairs, exhibitions, markets, public festivals, cultural or sporting events
• Newspapers and magazines with publication dates on Sundays or holidays or on the following day
• Goods for the timely loading or unloading of sea-going vessels or aircraft, provided that it is proven that the use of a specific ship or air connection or a direct connecting transport by road on Sundays or holidays is urgently required for reasons of general welfare or in the interest of the applicant
• relief goods to or for crisis and/or emergency regions
• Empty runs and return transports connected with the above-mentioned journeys

• Written application with reasons, in particular the urgency, and a proof of the necessity of the transport during the prohibition period with the requested means of transport.
• if a permanent exemption permit is applied for, proof of the necessity of regular transport during the ban period, e.g. a certificate of urgency issued by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce
• the motor vehicle registration certificate or the registration certificate part 1; for foreign vehicles in whose registration documents the permissible total mass is not entered, a corresponding official certificate
• in the case of loading and unloading of sea-going vessels and aircraft, as well as journeys where urgency must first be checked: Proof of the necessity of transport during the period of prohibition with the requested means of transport.

The fee ranges from EUR 10.20 to EUR 767.00 and is based on the scope of the permit granted in accordance with the schedule of fees for road traffic measures.

• Application
• Examination of the application
• Decision

The processing time is approximately one to two weeks.

Lower road traffic authority of the county or the independent or large county city in whose jurisdiction the load is taken up, or the road traffic authority in whose jurisdiction the applicant has his/her place of residence, registered office or branch office.

Forms available: No

Informal application possible: No

Personal appearance required: No

Online services available: Yes