ab Information on road transport (as at 2022/05/31)

• A general suspension of the driving ban for goods of all kinds due to a pandemic has no longer been planned in the federal states since July 1, 2021.
  In order to ensure a continuous delivery to vaccination centers and other agencies nationwide, the Ministry has asked the federal states to issue general exceptions for the transport of corona vaccines and materials directly related to the ban on lorry Sundays and public holidays.
  The exception applies only to the transport of vaccinHwohl wieder was übershenes.
  You can find an overview of the regulations applicable in the federal states here (only German).
  

• In spring of 2020, the Ministry and the federal states agreed to extend the use of foreign driving licences in Germany to 12 months, until 1 April 2021 at the latest. Given the different developments of the pandemic in the federal states, there is no nationwide extension of the 12-month-period beyond 1 April 2021. Each federal state has introduced its own rules. Further information can be found here.
  

• Ordinance on protection against the risk of infection due to entry in relation to the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus Entry Ordinance - CoronaEinreiseV). The wording of the Ordinance of September 28 can be found here. On May 31, 2022, the fifth regulation to amend the coronavirus entry regulation came into force.

• COVID-19: Information on the designation of international risk areas
  Classification as a risk area is the result of a joint analysis and decision-making process by the Federal Ministry of Health, the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community.

• Information on the obligation to register via the digital entry registration can be found here.

• The substitute registration in paper format can be found here.
  

• The Ministry prepared rules for supporting public and private transport operators that provide transport services in public passenger transport or local and regional passenger transport by rail. On 7 August 2020, the European Commission found these rules to be in compliance with state aid rules. The federal regulatory framework on state aid for local public transport provides for the granting of state aid for revenue losses incurred as a result of the corona pandemic and for the possibility of compensating costs for hygiene measures and the retrofitting of vehicles.
  

• For advice and information on transport operations in combined transport, please contact Studiengesellschaft für den Kombinierten Verkehr e. V. (Research Association for Combined Transport) +49 30 2061376-0 or http://www.sgkv.de/ (German only).
  
  
• For mobile machinery and tractors, Regulation (EU) 2020/1040 and Regulation (EU) 2020/1564 provide for the extension of the dates of application of emission limits. Exact wording of Regulation (EU) 2020/1040 and Regulation (EU) 2020/1564.