The commune of Douvaine, one of several in the Chablais region, has circulated a comprehensive notice summarising prefectural orders that apply during the G7 period. Highlights include a ban on the retail sale of fuel in portable tanks, night-only movements for trucks over 19 tonnes, suspension of the Évian-Thonon rail link, closure of numerous lake-shore car parks and a drone-flight prohibition across a 15-kilometre radius. Lake Léman itself will see exclusion zones enforced by the maritime gendarmerie, with pleasure craft diverted to Lugrin or Thonon. Swimming areas directly opposite the Hôtel Royal are off-limits, impacting hotel-based incentive groups and expatriate families living along the French shore. The communiqué urges residents and cross-border workers to stock up on provisions, switch to remote work and expect road slowdowns exceeding two hours at peak times. Transport companies seeking exemptions must email pref-g7-pci@haute-savoie.gouv.fr with licence-plate details 48 hours in advance. While the notice is local, the measures reflect department-wide decrees and therefore apply to corporate shuttle buses and relocation vans servicing multinational offices in the Annecy–Geneva corridor. Employers hosting interns or new assignees this week should adjust orientation schedules accordingly. After 17 June, restrictions will taper, but the prefecture warns that fuel-sale limits could be re-imposed if protest actions strain logistics networks.
Source: Illiwap / Mairie de Douvaine
