Date

Holiday in Austria

01.01.2013

New Year

06.01.2013

Holy three kings

01.04.2013

Easter Monday

01.05.2013

Labourday

09.05.2013

Ascension of christ

20.05.2013

Whit Monday

30.05.2013

Corpus Christi

15.08.2013

Assumption

26.10.2013

National holiday

01.11.2013

All Saint's

08.12.2013

Immaculate Conception

25.12.2013

Christmas

26.12.2013

St. Stephan's Day

Ban on:

Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays

Time:

Saturdays from 15.00 to 24.00 clock
Sundays and public holidays from 0.00 bis 22.00 clock

Affected vehicules:

Trucks without trailers and semi-vehicles over 7.5 tons gross vehicle weight
Trucks with trailers, if the gross weight of the truck or trailer over 3.5 tons.

Area:

Entire network

Exceptions:

-- Tractors without trailers
- Milktransporters with milk in their trailers or empty trip
- Transports associated with combined rail / road transport if the Sender and the receiver are located not more than 65 air kilometers from railway station
- The access corridor on all routes between the austrian Border and the Rolling Road stations are permitted on the weekends with detection of filled out CIM / UIRR waybill
- Trucks with or without trailers over 7.5 tonnes gross weight, with animals for slaughter or perishable food.
- Journeys undertaken for the repair work which can not be postponed
- Roadside assistance, towing services, disaster vehicules
- Empty runs when the vehicle returns to the starting point

Night driving ban

Time:

daily from 22.00 bis 5.00 o'clock

Affected vehicules:

all trucks over 7.5 tons gross weight

Area:

Entire network

Exceptions:

--Low-noise vehicles, which must be marked with a green sign with a white "L"
- Trips in combined transport road / rail to and from the following stations in both directions:
Vienna south, Graz Ostbahnhof Villach-Fürnitz, shunting yard catfish Brennersee station.

Summer Travel Regulation

Time:

Saturday, 8:00 am to Sunday 22.00 clock clock
from1 July - 31 August

Affected vehicules:

all trucks over 7.5 tons gross weight

Area:

A 1 West motorway junction Wien / Auhof until junction Wallersee;
Ostautobahn A 4 junction Schwechat to the border at Nickelsdorf;
Mühlkreisautobahn A 7 from Linz (A 1 - A 7) to the junction Salzburgerstraße;
Tauern motorway A 10 from the junction Salzburg / south to the junction Werfen and the junction Eben to the junction Villach;
Inntalautobahn A 12 from the state border at Kufstein to the junction Imst;
Brenner motorway A 13 in the whole area;
Vienna outer ring motorway A 21 from the junction Steinhäusl (A 1 - A 21) to the junction Mödling;
Linzer motorway A 25 from Haid (A1 - A25) to the junction Wels / East;
Kremser expressway S 33 from St. Pölten (A 1 - S 33) to the junction St.Pölten-East;
southern motorwayA 2 Vösendorf to junction Packsattel;
Pyhrnautobahn A 9;
Seefeld highway B 177 in the whole area;
Achensee B 181 federal road in the entire region;
Loferer Highway B 178 between Lofer and Wörgl;
Fern highway B 179 between Nassereith and Bieberwier

For more information:

Trade association for the commercial transport of goods
Association of International Road Hauliers Austria - AISÖ
Wiedner Hauptstrasse 68
A-1040 Vienna
Tel: 01/961 63 63, Fax: 01/961 63 75