Ordinance on the labeling of motor vehicles with a low contribution to pollution

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Basic data
Title: Thirty-fifth ordinance for the implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act
Short title: Ordinance on the labeling of motor vehicles with a low contribution to pollution
Abbreviation: 35th BImSchV
Type: Federal Ordinance
Scope: Federal Republic of Germany
Issued on the basis of: Section 40 (3) BImSchG ,
Section 6 (1) StVG
Legal matter: Environmental law , traffic law
References : 2129-8-35
Issued on: October 10, 2006
( BGBl. I p. 2218 )
Entry into force on: March 1, 2007
Last change by: Art. 85 Regulation of August 31, 2015
( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1474, 1488 )
Effective date of the
last change: 		September 8, 2015
(Art. 627 of August 31, 2015)
Please note the note on the applicable legal version.

The ordinance on the labeling of motor vehicles with a low contribution to pollution (35th BImSchV) enables the establishment of environmental zones in Germany as a measure to comply with the limit values ​​for nitrogen oxide and fine dust . Such measures can be part of a clean air plan, which is prescribed individually enforceable by European directives (e.g. 2008/50 / EC). The aim of the regulation is to ensure that only vehicles with the corresponding Euro emissions standard and possibly catalytic converters or soot filters enter an environmental zone.

Basics and purpose

The German federal government passed the ordinance on October 10, 2006 after the Federal Council approved it after amendments and a resolution with criticism of the nitrogen oxide reduction. It came into force on March 1, 2007.

The basis for authorization is Section 40 (3) of the Federal Immission Control Act (to this extent, the ordinance has been issued by the Federal Government) and various authorizing norms of the Road Traffic Act (in this respect the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety are regulators).

The decree was carried out by a so-called " Article Regulation ", as several legal areas are affected: Article 1 contains the Thirty-Fifth Order implementing the Federal Pollution Control Act (regulation of identifying motor vehicles with a low share of the pollutant - 35. BImSchV) - commonly known as plaque Regulation - Article 2 contains various changes to the road traffic regulations .

The purpose of the ordinance can be found in Section 40 (1) BImSchG. According to this, the responsible road traffic authority restricts or bans motor vehicle traffic, provided that this is provided for in an air pollution control plan or an action plan in accordance with Section 47 Paragraph 1 or 2 BImSchG. However, the Federal Government is empowered to regulate by ordinance with the consent of the Federal Council that vehicles with a low contribution to pollution are or can be excluded from traffic bans in whole or in part, as well as to determine the relevant criteria and the official identification of the vehicles.

The 35th BImSchV serves this purpose : it regulates in particular

  • the classification of vehicles ( passenger cars , trucks ) into four pollutant groups and the exceptions and
  • the shape and allocation of badges according to the pollutant group

In addition, new traffic signs were introduced by changing the road traffic regulations.

Identification by badges

There have been defined four groups of pollutants, of which three groups by labels ( tags are marked). These must be clearly visible behind the windshield of the vehicles concerned (passenger cars, trucks).

Acquisition

The fine dust badges can be purchased for a contribution of a maximum of seven euros from the approval authorities, the technical test centers and officially recognized monitoring organizations such as TÜV , GTÜ , KÜS , Dekra and the workshops authorized to examine the engine management and exhaust gas cleaning system, the latter are, however, price-free. In the case of motor vehicles registered in Germany, it is necessary to present the vehicle registration document or vehicle registration document or the registration certificate ; in the case of vehicles that are subject to truck tolls, also through the relevant documents. There is no general obligation to purchase a particulate matter sticker.

Various administrations made it possible to order the badge online and have it sent to you. This is possible in Dortmund , Berlin , Munich , Stuttgart , the district of Ludwigsburg and Karlsruhe , among others . Any agency can issue the sticker for any vehicle registered in Germany.

features

Green particulate matter sticker

The badges are difficult to counterfeit and will be destroyed if you try to remove them. Before the badge is handed over, the corresponding vehicle registration number is printed or entered on the badge with a non-fading pen. At the bottom there is a symbol of the exhibitor (e.g. road traffic office, test center).

Other features:

  • Badge diameter: 80 millimeters, bordered in black,
  • Line thickness of the border: 1.5 millimeters
  • Number of the pollutant group: Height 35 millimeters, font DIN 1451
  • Lettering field: 60 × 20 millimeters
  • Font: black RAL 9005, lightfast
  • Badge color: white RAL 9010, lightfast
  • lightfast colors of the substrates
    • Pollutant group 2: traffic red, RAL 3020
    • Pollutant group 3: traffic yellow, RAL 1023
    • Pollutant group 4: traffic green, RAL 6024

Pollutant groups

Pollutant group 1

Emission key numbers:

  • Vehicles with gasoline engines: 0, 03–13, 15, 17, 88, 98
  • Vehicles with diesel engines: 0-24, 34, 40, 77, 88, 98
Pollutant group 2
Fine dust sticker group 2.svg

Emission key numbers:

  • Vehicles with petrol engine: (not provided)
  • Vehicles with diesel engines: 25–29, 35, 41, 71
Pollutant group 3
Fine dust sticker group 3.svg

Emission key numbers:

  • Vehicles with petrol engine: (not provided)
  • Diesel: 30, 31, 36, 37, 42, 44-52, 72
  • Diesel PM1 ( particulate reduction level ): 14, 16, 18, 21, 22, 25-29, 34, 35, 40, 41, 71, 77
Pollutant group 4
Fine dust sticker group 4.svg

Emission key numbers:

  • Petrol: 01, 02, 14, 16, 18–70, 71–75 A 1 , 77
  • Diesel: 32, 33, 38, 39, 43, 53-70, 73-75
  • Diesel with a particle filter
    • PM1: 49-52, 27 A 2
    • PM2: 25, 26, 30, 31, 36, 37, 42, 44-48, 67-70
    • PM3: 32, 33, 38, 39, 43, 53-66
  • A 1 In the case of gas vehicles according to Directive 2005/55 / ​​EC (formerly 88/77 / EEC)
  • A 2According to the BMVBS, vehicles with the emission key number "27" or "0427", a plain text designation "96/69 / EG I" and a permissible total weight of more than 2500 kilograms can receive the green sticker after retrofitting a particulate filter of level PM1 (vehicles under 2500 Kilograms of permissible total weight still only reach “yellow” by retrofitting filters). The special regulation enables the upgrade from “red” to “green”.

Vehicles with a gasoline engine without a catalytic converter, with an unregulated catalytic converter and with the first generation US catalytic converter with the code numbers 03 and 11 do not receive a sticker. There are exceptions for vehicles with gas, electric and fuel cell or hydrogen drives . There is a green sticker for these vehicles and all other petrol vehicles with emission class Euro 1 or higher. Since motor vehicles with diesel engines are significantly more involved in fine dust emissions, the classifications here are more differentiated and stricter.

The four groups of pollutants are defined in Appendix 2 of the 35th BImSchV based on the requirements of the various EU directives relating to emission control. The fulfillment of the requirements of the respective guideline has to be proven to the issuing office by the emission key number of the vehicle. For this purpose, the Federal Minister of Transport published an allocation of the key numbers to the pollutant groups in the traffic gazette (VKBl. 2006, p. 867). The pollutant groups in the regulation are not identical to the existing emission classes.

The emission key numbers can be found out

  • For older vehicle registration documents that were issued before October 1, 2005: the last two digits under “to 1” and
  • for more recent registration certificates issued after October 1, 2005: Part I, the last two digits under item "14.1".

For commercial vehicles ( trucks and buses ) Other key numbers apply, for example, the adjacent table applies to passenger cars (and motor homes under 2.8 tonnes).

In the case of vehicles with foreign registration , the pollutant group is not always clearly identifiable from the vehicle documents. For this reason, a simplified procedure is used that is based on the year of first registration. The TÜV offers assistance.

Old Kat passenger cars and approval by the European Union

For early G-Kat vehicles with code numbers 01, 02 and 77, the legislature initially failed to apply for approval from the European Union. Since December 8, 2007, badges can also be applied for for these vehicles. This mainly applies to vehicles that were built in the 1980s and early 1990s. If these vehicles are equipped with a so-called regulated catalytic converter (G-Kat), the green sticker will also be assigned.

Passenger cars with G-Kat and the key numbers 03, 04, 09 and 11 were partly allowed to travel freely in the environmental zones without a sticker until December 31, 2009.

Blue badge

Blue badge

On September 25, 2015, the 50th ordinance amending road traffic regulations came into force. The aim was to give electric vehicles additional advantages.

On April 7, 2016, a majority at the Conference of Environment Ministers was in favor of introducing the blue sticker for other vehicle types. A blue sticker should e.g. For example, if they meet the Euro 6 emissions standard , diesel vehicles can be obtained from Euro 3 for cars with gasoline engines without direct injection , and cars with direct injection gasoline engines from Euro 6b. At that time, around 500,000 diesel cars in Germany met this standard, over 13 million diesel cars did not meet it. At that time, the NO x limit was exceeded in around 80 cities . On August 9, 2016, the Federal Environment Ministry withdrew the proposal for a blue sticker.

Environmental zone

The German municipalities are allowed to set up zones for traffic restrictions , colloquially environmental zones, in metropolitan areas. Vehicles that do not fall under the general exemptions are not allowed to enter the marked zones or are within the zones in the public traffic area. If an additional sign specifies exceptions for vehicles of a certain pollutant group, these vehicles are allowed to drive in if the sticker is visibly attached behind the windshield.

A step-by-step plan for the corresponding air pollution control plans provides for an extension of the driving ban in a timely manner so that after the first stage (driving ban on vehicles in pollutant group 1) in a second stage, the vehicles with red stickers and in a third stage also the vehicles with yellow stickers are affected by a driving ban.

Causes for the introduction

In the final report of the State Committee for Immission Control (LAI) in 1991, a high level of exposure to carcinogenic air pollutants was found in German metropolitan areas . The pollution with diesel soot particles was about 8 times as high as in rural areas, and for benzene it was even 10 times as high. In the case of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) , the pollution was 2.5 times higher in the large cities, and even 6 times higher in Berlin.

The 1999 EU Air Quality Directive stipulated a reduction in particulate matter pollution .

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 370,000 premature deaths worldwide in 2004 were due to high levels of particulate matter.

For several years in Germany, exceedances of the EU fine dust limits have been measured in several large cities, for example in Munich , Dortmund , Cottbus , Bremen and Berlin. Initially, the data could not show any change in the total mass of fine dust in environmental zones. A more recent study shows, however, that environmental zones can significantly reduce the health-problematic components of fine dust - soot and ultra-fine particles. Another problem arose from the diesel scandal , because the limit values ​​for nitrogen dioxide , which since 2010 have been 40 micrograms per cubic meter of air, have increasingly not been complied with.

chronology

Official traffic sign 270.1 at the beginning of an environmental zone with additional sign 1031 for exempting vehicles with red, yellow or green badges
Signs for the environmental zone in Berlin, which only allow vehicles with a green sticker - photo from October 2010

Several major German cities announced that they would introduce appropriate traffic restrictions in 2007. These plans have been postponed to 2008 (e.g. Stuttgart, Berlin, Duisburg ) or for an indefinite period due to partly unclear regulations or a lack of exemption regulations . Other cities, however (initially also the city of Aachen) refused to impose traffic restrictions and rely on other measures. Dresden has also decided against a traffic restriction.

The following cities introduced traffic restrictions on January 1, 2008:

  • Berlin : in the inner city area (within the S-Bahn ring ) only vehicles with a sticker may be in the public traffic area. 80% of the vehicles registered in the capital fall under this regulation. Since January 1, 2010, only vehicles with a green sticker may be in the Berlin zone.
  • Cologne : The inner city area on the left bank of the Rhine and the districts of Deutz and Mülheim on the right bank of the Rhine are no longer allowed to drive without a sticker. In 2010 vehicles with a red sticker were still exempt. The traffic restrictions were not extended in 2010. In July 2011, the city administration and the district government agreed that from January 2013 cars with a red sticker will no longer be allowed to drive and from July 2014 only cars with a green sticker. As of April 1, 2012, the zone will also be expanded to an area of ​​88 square kilometers.
  • Hanover : It is essentially limited in the west, south and east by the Schnellstraßering (west, south and Messeschnellweg) and in the north by the Sahlkamp street. The Westschnellweg runs partially within the zone (between Deisterplatz and Ricklinger Kreisel). Initially, vehicles with a red, yellow or green sticker were allowed to take part in traffic, since January 1, 2009 only vehicles with a yellow or green sticker, since January 1, 2010 only vehicles with a green sticker. All motor vehicles with foreign license plates were exempt until December 31, 2008. In addition, all gasoline vehicles with regulated catalytic converter, which no green sticker were getting vehicles with temporary license plates and red permanent license plate as well as all travel and buses exempted until 31 December of 2009.
  • On January 12, 2008, an environmental zone was introduced in Dortmund . With a length of around 300 meters, it is probably the smallest environmental zone. These are allowed to drive through vehicles with a green or yellow sticker.
  • On March 1, 2008, environmental zones were set up in Stuttgart, Mannheim , Tübingen , Ludwigsburg , Leonberg , Schwäbisch Gmünd , Reutlingen and Ilsfeld .

On October 1st, 2008, traffic restrictions were introduced in additional cities:

On January 1, 2009, environmental zones were set up in Bremen , Heilbronn , Herrenberg , Karlsruhe , Mühlacker , Pforzheim and Ulm and on July 1, 2009 in Augsburg .

  • Düsseldorf : The city center became an environmental zone on February 15, 2009 and was only allowed to be entered with a red sticker. This environmental zone was tightened from March 1, 2011, since then a yellow one has been necessary.
  • The city of Neu-Ulm introduced a traffic restriction on November 1st, 2009. A tightening with green and yellow stickers followed on November 5, 2012, although originally the environmental zones Ulm and Neu-Ulm were to be introduced at the same time and the tightening should follow together with Ulm on January 1, 2012.

Since January 1, 2010 there have been traffic restrictions in Heidelberg , Freiburg im Breisgau , Pfinztal and Münster .

  • The environmental zone was introduced in Osnabrück on January 4th, 2010.
  • The city of Kassel asked the State of Hesse to set up an environmental zone for the Kassel Basin on January 1, 2010, even without the consent of individual communities affected.
  • The city of Nuremberg planned for a long time to introduce a traffic restriction in its inner city area. As the level of soot particles was at the lower limit and continued to decrease as a result of technical progress and the scrapping bonus, Nuremberg decided not to introduce them in January 2010.
  • The city of Leipzig temporarily planned to only allow vehicles with a green sticker to enter almost the entire city area within the motorway ring from January 1, 2011. In view of many concerns about the economic reasonableness, some areas should initially also be allowed to drive with the yellow sticker. The clean air plan with the specific specifications had to be submitted by the city of Leipzig by the end of December 2009 in accordance with the requirements of the Free State of Saxony. On March 1, 2011, the introduction of the environmental zone in Leipzig was completed, and only with a green sticker. Exemptions for vehicles that do not meet the requirements are issued in order to save companies economic disadvantages.
  • The small town of Markgröningen in Baden-Württemberg introduced a traffic restriction on July 1, 2011.
  • The two largest cities in Saxony-Anhalt , Halle (Saale) and Magdeburg , introduced environmental zones on September 1, 2011. The traffic restrictions initially only applied to vehicles with or without a red sticker. From 2013 both zones should then be tightened and traffic in the cities should only be allowed for vehicles with a green sticker.
  • In October 2012, the state capital Erfurt became the first city in Thuringia to introduce an environmental zone. Then only vehicles with a green sticker may participate in traffic in the city center.
  • From February 2013 the neighboring provincial capitals Mainz and Wiesbaden introduced an environmental zone.
  • On January 1, 2015, the environmental zone was introduced for the urban area of Offenbach am Main .
  • On January 1, 2015, the environmental zone was introduced for the urban area of Siegen .
  • On February 1, 2016, the environmental zone was introduced in Aachen for the area within the outer ring.
  • On June 1, 2016, the environmental zone was introduced for the urban area of Eschweiler .
  • On April 1, 2017, the environmental zone was introduced for the urban area of Balingen .
  • On October 1, 2017, the environmental zone was introduced for the urban area of Overath .
  • On January 15, 2018, the environmental zone was introduced for the old town of Regensburg .
  • On February 1, 2018, the environmental zone was introduced for the urban area of Limburg .
  • On January 1, 2019, a traffic restriction for diesel vehicles was introduced for the environmental zone in Stuttgart.

A list and a map of existing and planned environmental zones can be found on the websites of the Federal Environment Agency and the ADAC .

Overview of the environmental zones in Germany

Timeline of the environmental zones in Germany (with details of the sticker colors and pollutant groups required for exemption from the ban)
Explanation of symbols: 3 Exempt pollutant groups are 3 and 4
+ 4 + This month, a new environmental zone with a much larger area was created from an existing environmental zone. The exempted pollutant group is 4.
× 4 × This month several environmental zones (and possibly new areas) were merged to form this new environmental zone. The exempted pollutant group is 4.
(4) In the first of these months, this environmental zone merged into a newly formed larger environmental zone. The exempted pollutant group is 4.
1* This month or year this environmental zone did not yet exist, but in parts of this area there was already a (different, smaller) environmental zone with a driving ban.
place country status 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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Augsburg (PDF; 130 KiB) BY active 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th
Balingen (PDF; 152 KiB) BW active 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4th 4th 4th
Berlin (PDF; 136 KiB) BE active 2 2 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Bonn (PDF; 132 KiB) NW active 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Bremen (PDF; 143 KiB) HB active 1 2 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Darmstadt (PDF; 211 KiB) HE active 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Dinslaken (PDF; 128 KiB) NW active 1 1 1 1 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Düsseldorf (PDF; 127 KiB) NW active 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Erfurt (PDF; 126 KiB) TH active 1 1 1 1 1 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Eschweiler (PDF; 126 KiB) NW active 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4th 4th 4th 4th
Frankfurt am Main. (PDF; 135 KiB) HE active 1 2 2 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Freiburg i. B. (PDF; 123 KiB) BW active 1 1 2 2 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Hagen (PDF; 122 KiB) NW active 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Halle (Saale) (PDF; 122 KiB) ST active 1 1 1 1 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Hanover (PDF; 133 KiB) NI active 2 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Heidelberg (PDF; 148 KiB) BW active 1 1 2 2 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Heidenheim (PDF; 114 KiB) BW active 1 1 1 1 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Heilbronn (PDF; 126 KiB) BW active 1 2 2 2 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Herrenberg (PDF; 123 KiB) BW active 1 2 2 2 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Ilsfeld (PDF; 151 KiB) BW active 1 2 2 2 2 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Karlsruhe (PDF; 136 KiB) BW active 1 2 2 2 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Cologne (PDF; 124 KiB) NW active 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Krefeld (PDF; 122 KiB) NW active 1 1 1 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Langenfeld (PDF; 127 KiB) NW active 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Leipzig (PDF; 125 KiB) SN active 1 1 1 1 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Leonberg BW active 1 2 2 2 2 3 4th (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4)
Leonberg / Hemmingen and surroundings (PDF; 165KiB) BW active 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* + 4 + 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Limburg (PDF; 125 KiB) HE active 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4th 4th
Markgröningen (PDF; 161 KiB) BW active 1 1 1 1 3 3 (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4)
District of Ludwigsburg (PDF; 161 KiB) BW active 1 1 1 1 1 (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4)
Ludwigsburg and surroundings (PDF; 161 KiB) BW active 1 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* × 4 × 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Pleidelsheim, Freiberg, Ingersheim (PDF; 161 KiB) BW active 1 1* 1* 1* 1* + 3 + 3 (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4)
Pleidelsheim (PDF; 161KiB) BW active 1 2 2 2 2 (3) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) (4)
Magdeburg (PDF; 151 KiB) ST active 1 1 1 1 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Mainz (PDF; 133 KiB) RP active 1 1 1 1 1 1 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Mannheim (PDF; 142 KiB) BW active 1 2 2 2 2 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Marburg (PDF; 186 KiB) HE active 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4th 4th 4th 4th
Mönchengladbach (PDF; 119 KiB) NW active 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Mühlacker (PDF; 237 KiB) BW active 1 2 2 2 2 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Munich (PDF; 139 KiB) BY active 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Münster (PDF; 127 KiB) NW active 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Neu-Ulm (PDF; 167 KiB) BY active 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Neuss (PDF; 117 KiB) NW active 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Offenbach am Main (PDF; 133 KiB) HE active 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Osnabrück (PDF; 137 KiB) NI active 1 1 2 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Overath (PDF; 137 KiB) NW active 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4th 4th 4th
Pfinztal (PDF; 124 KiB) BW active 1 1 2 2 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Pforzheim (PDF; 127 KiB) BW active 1 2 2 2 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Regensburg (PDF; 237 KiB) BY active 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4th 4th
Remscheid (PDF; 123 KiB) NW active 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Reutlingen (PDF; 130 KiB) BW active 1 2 2 2 2 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Ruhr Area 1 (PDF; 158KiB)
(BO, BOT, DO, DU, E, GE, MH, OB, RE) 		NW active 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Ruhr area 2 (PDF; 158KiB)
(CAS, GLA, HER, Herten) 		NW active 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Ruhr area 3 (PDF; 158 KiB)
(Dortmund, Brackeler Str.) 		NW active 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Schramberg (PDF; 120 KiB) BW active 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Schwäbisch Gmünd (PDF; 134 KiB) BW active 1 2 2 2 2 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Siegen (PDF; 118 KiB) NW active 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Stuttgart (PDF; 132 KiB) BW active 1 2 2 2 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Tübingen (PDF; 126 KiB) BW active 1 2 2 2 2 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Ulm (PDF; 146 KiB) BW active 1 2 2 2 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Urbach (PDF; 145 KiB) BW active 1 1 1 1 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Wendlingen (PDF; 151 KiB) BW active 1 1 1 1 1 1 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Wiesbaden (PDF; 128 KiB) HE active 1 1 1 1 1 1 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Wuppertal (PDF; 126 KiB) NW active 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th
Remarks
  1. ↑ The introduction of the “large environmental zone” on November 1, 2015 as part of the clean air plan for the Rhine-Main conurbation - Darmstadt sub-plan, which came into force on September 29, 2015, was announced on October 13, 2015; see: darmstadt.de
  2. ↑ a b On December 2, 2013 the existing environmental zone in Leonberg was enlarged:Were involved Ditzingen , Gerlingen , Hemmingen , Korntal-Münchingen , Schwieberdingen , Hardt- and Schönbühlhof .
  3. ↑ On January 1, 2013, Markgröningen was integrated into the environmental zone of Ludwigsburg and the surrounding area, and on December 2, Hardt- and Schönbühlhof became part of the Leonberg / Hemmingen and surroundings environmental zone.
  4. ↑ Asperg, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Kornwestheim, Möglingen, Tamm (since 2013 as part of the Ludwigsburg environmental zone and the surrounding area)
  5. ↑ On January 1, 2013, the existing environmental zones Ludwigsburg, Markgröningen, Pleidelsheim-Ingersheim-Freiberg were merged and expanded to include Asperg, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Möglingen, Kornwestheim, and Tamm to form the environmental zone Ludwigsburg and the surrounding area.
  6. ↑ a b On January 1, 2012, the existing environmental zone in Pleidelsheim was enlarged by integrating new areas in Freiberg and Ingersheim. On January 1, 2013, these were integrated into the Ludwigsburg environmental zone and the surrounding area.
  7. ↑ a b On January 1, 2012, the existing environmental zones in Bochum, Bottrop, Dortmund, Duisburg, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Mülheim adR, Oberhausen and Recklinghausen were combined into a single environmental zone. In addition, new areas in Castrop-Rauxel, Gladbeck, Herten and Herne were integrated.

Exceptions

Trabant in Cologne's environmental zone, with a special permit from the licensing authority

According to the regulation, the following vehicles are exempt from traffic bans:

  • mobile machines and devices
  • Working machines
  • Agricultural and forestry tractors ( tractors etc.)
  • two- and three-wheeled motor vehicles
  • Ambulance, doctor's car with appropriate identification in use for medical care of the population
  • Motor vehicles with which people drive or are driven who are extraordinarily handicapped, helpless or blind and can prove this by the aG , H or Bl mark entered in the severely handicapped pass
  • Vehicles for which special rights according to § 35 StVO can be claimed (police, customs, fire brigade, disaster control, Bundeswehr, vehicles of the road construction administration, etc.)
  • Vehicles of non-German troops from non-signatory states to the North Atlantic Pact who are in Germany as part of military cooperation, provided they are used for journeys for urgent military reasons.
  • Old and youngtimers that either have an H license plate and are therefore at least 30 years old, or that are driven with a red “07 number”
  • civil motor vehicles that are used on behalf of the German Armed Forces , insofar as the journeys cannot be postponed in order to fulfill sovereign tasks of the German Armed Forces
  • Diplomatic vehicles
  • Vehicles with the key numbers 03, 04, 09, 11 by general decree of the German Association of Cities

Furthermore, exemptions from the driving ban in some environmental zones are possible for residents and businesses, provided that the vehicle cannot be retrofitted and it was already approved for the owner before the introduction of the environmental zone. Such a regulation for residents exists in Berlin, Cologne and Munich, among others.

In Bremen and Hanover, in order to be granted such an exemption, it must be proven that the procurement of a replacement vehicle cannot be economically reasonable.

In Leipzig, the nationwide exception regulations apply, as well as special Leipzig exceptions, such as cars that have already been retrofitted with a yellow sticker or cars from recently moved residents.

violation

Driving in the environmental zone without a sticker can result in a fine of 80 euros. In addition, there was a point in the central traffic register in Flensburg until April 30, 2014 . For the introduction of the environmental zones, a transitional regulation was and still applies in some municipalities.

It was disputed, however, whether and how the stationary traffic is monitored. The catalog of fines under No. 153 only knew the offense of driving a motor vehicle without a sticker, with the driver being the driver and not the owner. Since a vehicle has no driver in stationary traffic, the legal situation was not clear to punish parking a vehicle without a badge. In addition, the catalog of fines in No. 153 only knew the sign 270, which was deleted on March 1, 2008, but not the two signs 270.1 and 270.2 surrounding the environmental zone. In order to create legal clarity here, the catalog of fines was changed on February 1, 2009. The offense under No. 153 is now participation in traffic , which also includes parking in public spaces.

According to data from the Federal Motor Transport Authority , a total of 6,259 violations were recorded in the central traffic register in 2008 due to unauthorized driving in an environmental zone. Broken down, there are 5,955 people with one offense, 135 people with two offenses, 7 people with three offenses, 2 people with four offenses and 1 person with five offenses in 2008. In 2009, a total of 54,666 offenses against the environmental zone regulation were entered in the central traffic register . Of these, 10,309 were in Bremen, 6,011 in Berlin and 5,098 in Frankfurt am Main.

Since the lawful use of a badge cannot be checked without looking at the vehicle documents or database query in traffic, no statistics are available on the improper use of badges.

Web links

Commons : Umweltzone Deutschland  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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