With the entry into force of the new ZBE (low-emission zones) traffic rules, many cars will not be able to enter certain cities depending on their DGT environmental label, as the government has implemented law 7/2021 of 20 May on climate change and energy transition, which restricts access from certain vehicles to
cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants from next year.
According to the National Institute of Statistics (INE), a total of 149 Spanish places where 24 million people live, 52% of the inhabitants of Spain, including the Balearic and Canary Islands and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, have a
low emission zones.
This means that from 2023
cars with labels A, B and C they will have limited access in certain cities due to the application of this law, which requires those municipalities with a higher population density to enable Low Emission Zones (ZBE).
More than 11 and a half million cars are driving in the Spanish cities that are to have a ZBE by 2023. And of all, nearly 4 million cars will see their circulation at risk
have no labelaccording to data from Sumauto, a vertical car portal specialist that integrates
Autocasión, AutoScout24, Unoauto and RentingCoches.
This means that 32% of the mobile fleet of these cities will become “immobile” because they are more than two decades old or do not meet the requirements of the DGT to bear the environmental label, at the expense of knowing their owners.
what can they do with them in connection with having set an “expiry date” to circulate.
Henceforth, a scenario is opened of “immobilized” cars which, as long as there are no plans encouraging their demolition, will remain parked and take up space in the city, because even if they do not have an environmental label, they will still be able to pass the map. from the resident to park in the green zone. Another option is for their owners to decide
put them up for sale, be attractive to rural areas or small towns; or open market abroad for export.
In addition, this regulation, which will come into force next year with the aim of complying with the Climate Act, will affect more than 25 million people, that is 53% of the inhabitants of our country, according to the INE.
The Canary Islands have the highest percentage of unlabelled cars in our country. In addition, the first four positions are Canary Cities:
Santa Cruz de Tenerife (44.1%), Arrecife (43.7%), San Cristobal de La Laguna (43.4%) and Arona (41.7%). Next comes Ourense (Galicia) with 41.7% and both the capital of Ponferrada and León 39.6%.
While,
Alcobendas (9.9%), Boadilla del Monte (11.6%) and Rivas Vaciamadrid (18.3%), located in the Community of Madrid, are the cities least affected by the LEZ restrictions. Outside the capital there are San Fernando (20.5%) or El Puerto de Santa María (23.2%), municipalities of Cádiz.
According to
Ignacio Gª Rojí, spokesperson for Sumauto“We are moving towards a discriminatory ‘two-energy’ mobility in which movement is restricted to a segment of the population with fewer resources and the ability to adapt to the new legally mandated mechanical paradigms. On the one hand, large cities with electrified vehicles for trouble-free driving, and on the other, small towns and rural areas with polluting and unsafe vehicles that are more than 20 years old, but with the advantage that their circulation is not there. limited”.
Nothing but
in Madrid, this regulation concerns about 1.2 million vehicles affected by the municipal ordinance that restricts traffic to the cars that pollute the most. What seems clear is that 2023 is the go-ahead for these populations of more than 50,000 to begin a gradual decarbonization process to comply with the guidelines the European Union has drawn up on this matter.
The first cities to introduce anti-pollution measures in the field of cars were:
Madrid and Barcelona; and it is normal for the rest of the cities to apply similar criteria to reduce pollution. Therefore, they will promote the circulation of electric or electrified cars and punish those with a label.
In this sense, even another 30 municipalities with less than 50,000 inhabitants have applied for the aid approved in the General State Budgets for 2023 to create restricted areas. In this way, according to the label on your car
whether or not to have access to to specific cities or towns.
The most affected vehicles
they are labeled A. In reality, these are precisely the vehicles that do not have a label and refer to vehicles registered before 2001 that cannot drive in the areas demarcated by the municipalities, although there are exceptions.
Those labeled B (yellow) they correspond to petrol passenger cars and light vans registered from January 2000, or diesel from January 2006. Cars with sticker B can access the LEZs but cannot park in them. They will be able to circulate and park in the perimeter streets of each province, with the exception of Madrid, where it will not be possible to park in the central almond.
Finally, vehicles that
label C (green color) These are petrol passenger cars and vans registered in 2006 and diesel vehicles for sale from 2014, in addition to goods transport trucks registered from 2014. They can all pass through any Low Emission Zone (ZBE), although there are some restrictions on vehicles of this type in Madrid.
In addition to vetoing older vehicles, the new law targets those presenting the B and C environmental device. These must pay an urban toll to circulate through the ZBE determined by the municipalities.
Vehicles 0 and Eco They will be the only ones to be freed from future restrictions, ie plug-in hybrids and 100% electric.
Source: La Verdad
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