Low Emission Zones in Europe
Europe-wide information on LEZ s
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Your source of information about Low Emission Zones and how they affect you when you drive in Europe.
Click on the map, use the tabs at the top to find Cities A-Z or by Country, the Standards you must meet in them in the near future, how to comply, and retrofitting details.
Alternatively use the left hand menu to find out about LEZs, get details of emissions standards, a list by start date of all City LEZ schemes and the standards required, or find out how you can comply with the LEZs.
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Euro and emissions standards
The Euro standards ensure that every 4 to 5 years, the new vehicles produced are cleaner. The timings of these standards are given in the table below and gives a guide to what emissions standard each type of vehicle will be, depending on when it was manufactured. It will only give a guide, as some vehicle models met standards earlier than they were legally required to, and a few small production models were given extensions.
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Euro 1
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Euro 2
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Euro 3 |
Euro 4 |
Euro 5
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Euro 6
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Passenger cars
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July 1992
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Jan 1996
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Jan 2000
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Jan 2005 |
Sept 2009 |
Sept 2014 |
Light commercial vehicles (N1-I)
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Oct 1994
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Jan 1998
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Jan 2000
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Jan 2005 |
Sept 2010
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Sept 2015 (diesel only) |
Light commercial vehicles (N1-II & III)
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Oct 1994
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Jan 1998 |
Jan 2001 |
Jan 2006 |
Sept 2010 |
Sept 2015 (diesel only) |
| Trucks and buses |
1992 |
1995 |
1999 |
2005 |
2008 |
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| Motorcycles |
2000 |
2004 |
2007
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| Mopeds |
2000 |
2004 |
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All dates listed in the tables refer to new type approvals (i.e. new models of vehicles that have not been produced before). All vehicles, need to meet the standards a year after the date given.
How to find the emissions standard of your vehicle
Enhanced environmentally friendly vehicle or EEV is a term used in the European emission standards for the definition of a "clean vehicle" over 3.5 tonne in the category M2 and M3 (i.e. bus and coach). The emission standards for an EEV are between Euro 5 and 6.
Further information on emissions standards can be found on dieselnet.
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