Parcel alert
Parcel alert
Last update: Thursday December 24th 2020
Here You will find all the information about the peak period.
Coronavirus
We will keep you informed of all relevant developments at all times. We will also display all information and any delays on our website as well as possible for you and your customers. Our urgent advice to you is to display this information on your website in the best possible way, so that your customers also know what changes could be taken into account.
At DPD, we keep a close eye on the coronavirus situation worldwide and safeguard the guidelines from RIVM. Which is why DPD has taken the necessary precautions affected. We have taken special measures for our Linehaul drivers, warehouse workers, drivers and office workers how to deal with parcels from affected countries. We will observe all measures expected in accordance with the authorities. Our employees have been informed about this.
Due to the wide range of parcels and the measures surrounding the corona virus, the delivery of parcels takes longer than you are used to. We do our very best to get the delivery back to the desired level.
Status overview per country
* note: Countries are locked for people and not for goods.
Netherlands
Due to the lockdown, all non-essential stores must close. Pick-up parcelshops are officially exempted by the cabinet. A small part of our parcelshops have nevertheless closed their doors. We have collected the parcels at these parcelshops and returned them to the sender.
The usual working method for all private addresses is that your parcel is delivered to a Pickup parcelshop after a first unsuccessful delivery attempt. Due to the closure of a large number of stores that operate as parcel shops, this working method becomes unclear for the recipient. That is why, as of December 16, not only will a home delivery be introduced for the 2nd delivery attempt, but as the first party in the Netherlands we are now also introducing the 3rd delivery attempt at home. If the recipient still does not open on the 3rd delivery attempt, the parcel will be returned to the sender.
For all business addresses (companies / schools / shops) there will be no second delivery attempt . This naturally applies to business addresses that are open. For addresses that are closed, we will not deliver the parcels and return to sender. During this busy period, we need our capacity for addresses that we can deliver. That is why we advise you again to check in advance whether the recipient of your shipment is open before submitting the shipment to DPD.
As of December 15, non-essential stores are closed. Pickup parcel shops are officially exempted by the cabinet. Some of the parcel shops are expected to close their doors nevertheless. Via our parcelshop finder we display the available shops every day. Since this can change per day, we will keep this up to date for you every day. We will do our best to also provide you with news reports as accurately as possible with the latest developments regarding the Pickup parcelshop network.
Due to the public holidays, no collections will be made on December 24 and 31. For more information, see our website.
Catery industry and all the retail shops not related to essential needs.
Austria
If possible, address parcels directly to the recipient or make sure the recipient of your shipment is open before submitting the shipment to DPD.
The following zipcodes are open, but with possible delays: 6441, 6450 6456, 6184, 6183, 6181, 6167 and 6500.
In the south of Austria there are closed roads due to heavy snowfall. This can cause delays at the following zipcodes: 0626, 0627, 0629, 0630 and 0632.
The following zipcodes will be closed until December 18th : 9844, 9931, 9932, 9943, 9961, 9962, 9963, 9971, 9972, 9974 and 9981.
All non-essential shops are closed.
Albania
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
Belarus
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
Belgium
No exceptions are known.
Catering industry closed.
Bosnia
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
Bulgaria
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
Croatia
Possible delay due to extreme weather conditions (floods): zipcodes: 52000 – 52475
No industries closed.
Cyprus
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
Czech Republic
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
Denmark
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
Estonia
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
Finland
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
France DPD (business deliveries)
The government has chosen to postpone Black Friday. Black Friday will start a week later, on December 4th. France is doing this to protect physical stores that are closed due to the COVID-19 measures against online stores. It is expected that the shops will be opening again on December 4th, so that the crowds will be spread. The larger online stores, including Amazon, have agreed to this.
Catering industry & retail are closed. Only business stores such as supermarkets, post offices, banks, insurance companies, pharmacies, opticians, tobacco shops, funeral services, rental and repair of vehicles, hotels and camping sites are open.
From Saturday November 28th, all non-essential stores in France will reopen. The catering (restaurants and bars) will remain closed until January 20th.
France Chronopost (consumer deliveries)
The government has chosen to postpone Black Friday. Black Friday will start a week later, on December 4th. France is doing this to protect physical stores that are closed due to the COVID-19 measures against online stores. It is expected that the shops will be opening again on December 4th, so that the crowds will be spread. The larger online stores, including Amazon, have agreed to this.
Catering industry & retail are closed. Only business stores such as supermarkets, post offices, banks, insurance companies, pharmacies, opticians, tobacco shops, funeral services, rental and repair of vehicles, hotels and camping sites are open.
All non-essential stores in France will reopen. The catering (restaurants and bars) will remain closed until January 20th.
Germany
On December 16, Germany will go into lockdown, closing non-essential stores until
The Services 2Shop (direct delivery to a Pickup parcelshop) & Shop Return (return shipment via a Pickup parcelshop) are temporarily not possible.
Due to the closure of a large number of stores that operate as parcelshops, Germany uses 2 delivery attempts for private addresses. And for business addresses 1 delivery attempt.
We recommend that, if possible, you address parcels directly to the recipient.
Catery industry and all the retail shops not related to essential needs.
Greece
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
Hungary
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
Ireland
Due to the event from the United Kingdom, parcels cannot be sent to Ireland.
All services from DPD to Ireland are no longer available until further notice
Catery industry and all the retail shops not related to essential needs. Only schools are open
Iceland
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
Italy
In the following two postcode areas, it is only possible to deliver goods related to primary needs (food and health products: 90036 Misilmeri (Palermo) and 95034 Bronte (Catania).
It is not possible to collect shipments from the following depots: 0836 Catanzaro, 0834 Napoli Marcianise, 0858 Napoli Centro, 0857 Napoli Ovest, 0861 Napoli Noord, 0856 Napoli Casandrino, 9867 Bolzano, 9868 Bressanone and 9869 Merano.
Kosovo
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
Latvia
Delays due to border to Polen.
No industries closed.
Lithuania
On December 16th, Germany will go into lockdow.
No industries closed.
Luxembourg
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
Moldavia
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
Montenegro
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
North Macedonia
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
Norway
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
Poland
No exceptions are known.
Catery industry and all the retail shops not related to essential needs.
Portugal
Possible delays zip code: click here for the file.
No industries closed.
Romania
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
Servia
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
Slovakia
On December 21, Slovakia will enter into partial lockdown, which will last for 3 weeks.
The catering industry is closed from 11 December.
Slovenia
Possible delay due to extreme weather conditions
No industries closed.
Spain
Check in advance whether the recipient of your shipment has been opened before submitting the shipment to DPD.
Non-essential shops are closed in the following regions: Granada, Catilla Y León, Asturias and Cataluña.
Sweden
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
Switzerland
No exceptions are known.
Catering industry and retail closed
Turkey
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
Ukraine
No exceptions are known.
No industries closed.
United Kingdom
From Monday 28 December we will restart our services to the United Kingdom. This means that we will ship the packages we have in our HUB directly to the UK and Ireland and we will collect the shipments from you.
Also all DPD services to the United Kingdom and Ireland will be available again from Monday 28 December.
Are you Brexit ready? Are you prepared? If not, make sure you do the final preparations and finalization with DPD.
On Thursday 31 December 2020, all DPD systems will be switched for Brexit. Keep in mind that no labels may be created on that day. If you do make labels on December 31th 2020, the parcel may be returned.
As of December 21, the Collection Request service will not be available cross-border to and from the UK due to Brexit. You cannot order UK pick-up requests until further notice. This adjustment was made in the label tool DPD Shipper Central and Local. If you have set up your software yourself, keep in mind that these requests will not be honored.
Catery industry and all the retail shops not related to essential needs are closed.
Worldwide delivery
DPD group has decided it will no longer ship parcels to Cuba, South Sudan, North Korea, Myanmar (Burma) and Syria. Should you wish to ship your products to these countries, this is no longer possible trough DPD. If shipment again becomes possible to these countries, we will notify you immediately.
View the Bankholiday Calendar 2020 here
Bankholiday Calendar 2020 | |||
Date | Day | Country | Impact due to driving ban |
02-02 | Sunday | PT | |
02-02 | Tuesday | FI | |
15-03 | Sunday | HU | |
17-03 | Tuesday | IE | |
19-03 | Thursday | CH, FI | |
09-04 | Thursday | PT, ES | |
10-04 | Friday | DK, DE, FI, HU, PT, SK, ES, CZ, SE | PL, NO, AT |
13-04 | Monday | All country's | |
27-04 | Monday | NL | |
01-05 | Friday | BE, DE, FI, FR, HU, IT, LU, AT, PL, PT, SK, ES, CZ, SE | CH, DK, NO |
04-05 | Monday | IE | |
05-05 | Tuesday | NL | |
08-05 | Friday | DK, FR, DE ( Berlin) | ES, IT, CH |
21-05 | Thursday | BE, DK, DE, FI, FR, LU, NL, AT, SE | PL, CZ, SK, NO, ES, IT, CH, AT, HU |
01-06 | Monday | BE, DK, DE, FI, FR, HU, IE, LU, NL, PL, SE | CZ, SK, NO, AT, ES, IT, CH |
02-06 | Tuesday | IT | |
05-06 | Friday | DK | |
10-06 | Wednesday | PT | |
11-06 | Thursday | PL, PT, DE(1) | |
23-06 | Tuesday | LU | |
06-07 | Monday | CZ | |
14-07 | Tuesday | FR | IT, SE, CH |
21-07 | Tuesday | BE | |
03-08 | Monday | IE | |
15-08 | Saturday | BE, DE(2), FR, IT, LU, PL, PT, ES | CH |
28-09 | Friday | CZ | SK |
03-10 | Saturday | DE | |
05-10 | Monday | PT | |
12-10 | Monday | ES | |
23-10 | Friday | HU | |
26-10 | Monday | AT, IE | HU |
28-10 | Wednesday | CZ | SK |
31-10 | Saturday | DE(3), FI, | |
01-11 | Sunday | AT, BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, HU, IT, LU, PT, PL, SK | |
11-11 | Wednesday | BE, FR, PL | IT, ES, CH |
17-11 | Tuesday | CZ, SK | |
18-11 | Wednesday | DE(4) | |
01-12 | Tuesday | PT | |
06-12 | Sunday | ES, FI | |
08-12 | Tuesday | AT, CH, ES, IT, PT | HU |
24-12 | Thursday | BE, DK, DE, FR, AT, CZ, SK, SE, HU, PL, IT, PT, NO | ES, CH |
25-12 | Friday | All country's | |
26-12 | Saturday | AT, CH, CZ, DE, DK, ES, FI, GB, HU, IT, IE, NO, NL, PL, SE, SK, | |
31-12 | Thursday | BE, DK, DE, FR, GB, AT, CZ, SK, SE, HU, ES, PL, IT, PT, NO | |
(1) = Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland | |||
(2) = Bayern, Saarland | |||
(3) = Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg, Niedersachsen, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig, Thüringen | |||
(4) = Sachsen |
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23-06
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21-07
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15-08
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(1) = Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland
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(2) = Bayern, Saarland
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(3) = Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg, Niedersachsen, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig, Thüringen
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(4) = Sachsen
Day | Sunday | Tuesday | Sunday | Tuesday | Thursday | Thursday | Friday | Monday | Monday | Friday | Monday | Tuesday | Friday | Thursday | Monday | Tuesday | Friday | Wednesday | Thursday | Tuesday | Monday | Tuesday | Tuesday | Monday | Saturday | Friday | Saturday | Monday | Monday | Friday | Monday | Wednesday | Saturday | Sunday | Wednesday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Tuesday | Sunday | Tuesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Thursday | ||||||
Country | PT | FI | HU | IE | CH, FI | PT, ES | DK, DE, FI, HU, PT, SK, ES, CZ, SE | All country's | NL | BE, DE, FI, FR, HU, IT, LU, AT, PL, PT, SK, ES, CZ, SE | IE | NL | DK, FR, DE ( Berlin) | BE, DK, DE, FI, FR, LU, NL, AT, SE | BE, DK, DE, FI, FR, HU, IE, LU, NL, PL, SE | IT | DK | PT | PL, PT, DE(1) | LU | CZ | FR | BE | IE | BE, DE(2), FR, IT, LU, PL, PT, ES | CZ | DE | PT | ES | HU | AT, IE | CZ | DE(3), FI, | AT, BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, HU, IT, LU, PT, PL, SK | BE, FR, PL | CZ, SK | DE(4) | PT | ES, FI | AT, CH, ES, IT, PT | BE, DK, DE, FR, AT, CZ, SK, SE, HU, PL, IT, PT, NO | All country's | AT, CH, CZ, DE, DK, ES, FI, GB, HU, IT, IE, NO, NL, PL, SE, SK, | BE, DK, DE, FR, GB, AT, CZ, SK, SE, HU, ES, PL, IT, PT, NO | ||||||
Impact due to driving ban | PL, NO, AT | CH, DK, NO | ES, IT, CH | PL, CZ, SK, NO, ES, IT, CH, AT, HU | CZ, SK, NO, AT, ES, IT, CH | IT, SE, CH | CH | SK | HU | SK | IT, ES, CH | HU | ES, CH |
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