We keep this website up to date, with new and altered LEZs.

1st July 2010. New LEZs in Sweden and Denmark. LEZs strengthen in Denmark, Stuttgart.

New LEZs and further information on existing LEZs

24th March 2010: Emmendingen 24th March 2010        

Cleaning Europe’s Air: A complete, multilingual, one-stop-source of information on Low Emission Zones (LEZs) in Europe
There is now a single website which gives you all the information you need on Low Emission Zones in one place – and in your language!
Why LEZs? Air pollution kills an estimated 310 000 people a year in Europe. The European Union has set legally defined air quality standards to protect our health. Many cities and towns in most countries in Europe fail to meet these standards. Increasing numbers of cities and towns operate or are preparing “Low Emission Zones”, or “Environment Zones” among other measures, to help meet the standards. There are currently over 160 LEZs in 11 countries in Europe, including cities like Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Milan, but also many smaller towns like Mühlacker (Germany), Como (Italy) or Norwich (UK) - and the A12 motorway in Tirol (Austria).
LEZs are areas or roads to which entry is restricted for vehicles with more polluting engines. Who needs this site? Anyone who drives around Europe; including hauliers, tourists, lorry and coach operators. It provides all the information needed to navigate around Europe's LEZs – including where to can drive with which vehicles. With one button the website is in your language and the information is in one or two clicks from the homepage.
Your questions on LEZs are answered in a regularly updated website, with no adverts or cost to users. Questions like: Where exactly are these zones? Can our vehicles drive into them? What emission standard is my vehicle? Do I have to register before I drive in? How can my vehicle comply with the standards? What air quality impact do LEZs have?  
The EU is supporting this website with part-funding for 3 years from the 8th December 2009 as part of its implementation of the EU Action Plan on Urban Mobility.
Please write about this website, use it, recommend it, link to it and spread information about it.

Further information for news articles or stakeholders, contact Lucy Sadler at Sadler Consultants Ltd. Download a full version of this press release as pdf.

8th December 2009 - This website has been granted EU-funding to extend the website for 3 years. Amongst other things, this will give details of ALL LEZs and implement translations of the website in many different languages! Update will be in place in Spring 2010.

November 2009: The A12 Austrian Motorway standards have tightened.

October 2009: Our 'Quick guide to all LEZs' tables are now more easily found on our website ! You can see summary tables of all LEZs in Europe, sorted either by LEZ start date or by country & city. It can help you decide what vehicle you need to travel to all your destinations!

October/November 2009, Italian winter LEZs are now coming into operation.

September 2009: German-registered heavy duty vehicles can now also find out what particulate traps fit their vehicles from www.feinstaubplakette.de.

On the 1st August 2009 the Dutch LEZ sign changed to for entering and on exit, see the Netherlands page for more details.

June 2009: Information on the measured impact on LEZs, now many have been in operation for over a year and on strengthening Dutch enforcement of LEZs, see here.

January 2009: lots of new LEZs in Germany and updates to filters certified

6th November 2008: Lots of updates to the Dutch and Norwegian LEZs.

9th October 2008: Amsterdam started its LEZ

7th October 2008: Heavy goods vehicle retrofits now available for Germany. See the updated retrofit table.

In September and October 2008 there were lots of changes and updates to LEZs in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. See the city pages and links for further information.

Leiden (1/1/2009) has announced starting date of its LEZ. 

PRESS RELEASE for the original launch of www.lowemissionzones.eu 22nd January 2008