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Bolzano exemptions

  • Vehicles transporting persons with disabilities or serious illnesses, with a certificate from the competent bodies, including persons who must be brought for urgent intervention in a medical facility;
  • Ambulances, vehicles of doctors or veterinarians and vehicles of social services for personal care;
  • Vehicles used for the health service providing essential home care;
  • Buses for public transport, taxis and hired vehicles with a driver on duty;
  • Vehicles owned or operated by public bodies when used in urgent public service;
  • Post Office, private postal service and courier vehicles;
  • Vehicles of the armed forces, police forces, fire services, emergency services, civil defence and security services and provided they have an inscription that makes them identifiable as such;
  • Vehicles that are owned or used by the SEAB, even if the service was awarded to private companies;
  • Vehicles that are owned or used by the Adige works of ENEL, the telephone companies, the medical establishment, the SEL, the ECO Center, the holdings for public transport to perform properly public services;
  • Agricultural machinery and vehicles;
  • Vehicles with a temporary number plates, which are used in accordance with Article 98 of the Highway Code;
  • Vehicles of tourists staying in accommodation (only for the arrival and departure);
  • City police force vehicles due to an emergency or urgent cases, with authorisation;
  • Vehicles of funeral services;
  • Vehicles for recording TV programs with which the necessary equipment, cameras, power generators, radios, etc.; vehicles of journalists who are registered with the Chamber of journalists and have a certificate from the principal.
  • The following listed vehicles for special purposes under Article 54, point g) of the current Highway Code:

-          Street cleaning vehicles;

-          Snow-cleaning vehicles;

-          Fire engines;

-          Water vehicles;

-          Vehicles for the repair of power lines;

-          Breakdown vehicles;

-          Vehicles for the transport of a corpse;

-          Vehicles for decontamination.

  • Additionally for the pedestrian zones the authorities may grant additional permits on request for the specific needs of events in the city etc.
Disclaimer:
These exemptions are listed for your guide only. They are not officially translated, and are current as of winter 2009/10. The original on the city website is the only accurate source.
 


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Your source of information about Low Emission Zones and how they affect you when you drive in Europe. There are many Low Emission Zones (LEZs) in 10 European countries. Low Emission Zones are areas where vehicle access is limited by its emissions.

This website, www.lowemissionzones.eu, gives all the information you need to drive in LEZs in Europe. The information is available within 1-2 clicks from the homepage, either via the frontpage map or side and top menus.

To navigate the site, click on the map; use the tabs at the top to find Cities by A-Z or by Country, how to comply, and retrofitting details. This text also gives many links you can use to navigate the site.

Alternatively use the left hand menu to find out what are LEZs, and do why they exist, get an overview of LEZs, or use our 'Quick Guide'.

The ‘Quick Guide’ gives an overview table with all LEZs by country/city or start date, showing the most important facts at a single glance (emissions standard, vehicles, dates) and a link to full information. It also allows you to search LEZs by vehicle type affected: coach, lorry, camper van, van, car and motorcycle.

Overview of Low Emission Zones (LEZs) in Europe

LEZs are implemented to improve air quality and help meet the EU health-based air quality limits, particularly of particulate matter (PM10, PM2.5 and also Black Carbon) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Poor air quality kills over 310000 people in Europe each year - more than by road accidents – with human health costs of between €427 and €790 billion per year.

Which vehicles are affected?

The following table gives a summary by vehicles affected:

 Vehicle type

 LEZs

 Vehicle standard 2011

 Future standard

 Lorries only

Netherlands Euro 4(PM) Euro 4 (1/7/13)
Austrian A12 motorway Euro 2/3
Mont Blanc Tunnel, FR/IT Euro 1
 Heavy Duty Vehicles   London, UK Euro 3(PM) Euro 4(PM) (3/1/12)
Denmark Fit filter if <Euro 4
Sweden 8 years old / Euro 3
Budapest, HU
Differential parking charges planned
Prague, CZ Euro 2
 All 4+ wheelers Germany Euro 2-4(PM) & Euro 1 petrol
Lisbon, Portugal Euro 1 or 2 In January 2014 potentially to Euro3
 All vehicles Italy Euro 1-3 / no 2-stroke motorcycles
 Local buses under agreements Norwich, UK Euro 3(NOx)
Oxford, UK None Euro V (1/1/13)
 Vans London, UK None Euro 3 (3/1/12)
Germany Euro 2-4(PM) & Euro 1 petrol
Italy Euro 1-3 / no 2-stroke motorcycles
Under consideration in some Dutch cities
Euro 4 from July 2013; Euro 4 with particle filter from January 2015.

 

The Danish LEZ law also allows vans to be included, which may happen in the future in Danish cities.

 

Operating hours: Most LEZs operate permanently. The exemptions are Italy, where LEZs sometimes operate at peak or other selected times; Lisbon, Prague > 3.5T and Budapest LEZ are weekday daytime.

 

Do I have to register before entering? In Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Lisbon you will need to buy a sticker. Foreign vehicles are required to register with London’s LEZ (as the national database does not include their details). Entry to the Prague's LEZ is by permit, to Budapests parking by emissions-related payment. The Bolzano (Italy) LEZs require stickers and you need to pay to enter the Central Milan 'Area C'. In many cases registration is possible by Internet or post. More information on registering can be found on our 'Where do I need to register' page.
Other LEZs are enforced with cameras reading the vehicle number plates (Netherlands, London), or by police controlling the vehicle papers (Italy, Austrian A12 motorway, Mont Blanc Tunnel), or local agreements with public bus operators (Norwich, Oxford (UK)).

LEZs are also called Environment Zones, or in a selection of European languages: Environment Zones, Umweltzonen, Fahrverbote (Germany), Milieuzones  (Netherlands), Lavutslippssone (Norway) , Miljozone (Denmark), Miljözon (Sweden), Zielone Strefy (Poland), Nízkoemisní Zóny (Czech Republic), ZAPA, Zone d'Action Prioritaire pour l'Air, zone environnementale (France), Zona de Bajas Emisiones (Spain), ZER - Zona de Emissões Reduzidas (Portugal).

If your vehicle does not meet the emission standards required, you can buy a newer vehicle, use a different vehicle, or modify your vehicle's engine, for example by fitting a diesel particulate filter. You can find more about the different options from our how to comply page.

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