In cities, and especially since the entry into force of the low-emission zones, vehicles without this environmental sticker are not allowed to drive on public roads.
The DGT environmental device “is a way of classifying vehicles according to their energy efficiency, taking into account their environmental impact,” according to the DGT. The aim is to distinguish those cars that are more respectful of the environment and limit the traffic of the most polluting vehicles in large cities.
In cities, and especially since the entry into force of the low-emission zones, vehicles without this environmental sticker are not allowed to drive on public roads. Madrid, for example, is one of the locations where cars that do not place this sticker in the lower right corner of the windshield
they are even sanctionedaccording to the Mobility Regulation.
There are four eco-labels of the DGT, depending on the type of vehicle owned. Vehicles that do not belong to one of these groups are not entitled to a ‘sticker’, “because they do not meet the requirements to be labeled as a clean vehicle”.
The options, according to my car, are to have a ‘0 emissions’ label (blue), for battery electric, extended range, plug-in hybrids with a range of 40 km or fuel cell.
Ecolabel (green and blue, for plug-in electric vehicles with a range of less than 40 km, non-plug-in hybrids, powered by natural gas and gas or liquefied petroleum gas
Label C (green), for passenger cars and light petrol vans registered from January 2006 and diesel from September 2015 and heavy vehicles with more than eight seats, both petrol and diesel, registered since 2014.
Label B (yellow), for petrol passenger cars and light vans registered since January 1, 2001 and diesel from 2006, and heavy duty vehicles with more than eight seats, both petrol and diesel, registered since 2006.
And to find out which badge belongs to your vehicle, you can find out via the miDGT app, by telephone by calling 060 or in person at a head office or traffic office. Also at the DGT headquarters, you can enter the car’s registration number and see which badge you have associated with it, then go to a post office to buy it for a price of 5 euros.
Likewise, it should be remembered that the badge is valid for driving in Spain. If you are going to drive your vehicle in Germany, Austria, Denmark, France or any other country with an environmental catalog system, find out before you leave whether it is necessary to obtain a badge in the country you are traveling to, how to to do it and the criteria to be able to circulate
Source: La Verdad
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