The United Kingdom (UK) has:

  • London: With low emission zone, zero emission zones, congestion charges, and a number of access regulations for heavy duty vehicles.
  • Low Emission Zones (known as Clean Air Zones) in several cities. These have a national LEZ framework, but can affect different vehicle types. Stickers are not needed, registration is required for foreign vehicles. Vehicles can pay to enter if they do not meet the standards.
  • Scotland has its own national LEZ framework.
  • A number of other cities low emission zones that affect only local buses under agreements.
  • There are a number of other urban area road tolling schemes.
  • Oxford also has a zero emission zone in place.

There is a single travel planner for the UK, called Traveline. It is provided by public transport and city authorities. There are also regional versions of this travel planner, and many cities also have their own services from their website. For London use TfL's website

Geneva in Switzerland has an Emergency Scheme.
Various mountain holiday resorts have Access Regulations. The mountain holiday resorts are car-free, so that the mountain air and experience can be really enjoyed. Temporary motorcycle noise bans also exist in Switzerland.

Sweden has a national framework with Low Emission Zones in 8 cities. These LEZs only apply to lorries and buses. The only exception to this national framework is Stockholm, whose LEZ has also been affecting cars since 1 January 2020. 

The low emission zone framework means that only the location varies from city to city.

The Charging Schemes (Congestion Road Tolls) are implemented through a national scheme and are very similar, but not identical.

From 2024 there will also be a zero emission zone in Stockholm in place. The Swedish national framework categorizes it under low emission zone class 3. 

Sweden also has various Access Regulations such as studded tyre bans, lorry regulations and a car & coach free zone.

Bucharest and Suceava have Access Regulations in force.

The Spanish Congress approved the Climate Change Act requires municipalities with more than 50.000 inhabitants will have to implement an LEZ by 2023. This affects 7 out of 10 Spanish cities. The law requires 158 cities to implement a low emission zone, which can be restricting older vehicles or restricting all vehicles – both will lower emissions. The national framework allows for a ZEV + PHEV standard. As soon as the cities have confirmed, they will be posted on our website, however, some cities may choose to lower emissions using other methods, and may therefore not implement an LEZ.

Spain has Low Emission Zones, Emergency Schemes and Access Regulations.

Warning: You no longer need a sticker for Spain, so do not buy any stickers offered from anywhere.

Portugal has a Low Emission Zone in Lisbon. There are also several Access Regulations in place called limited traffic zones.

Poland has a number of Access Regulation Schemes, such as limited traffic zones, pedestrian areas, LTZ for lorries and weight restrictions in the major cities. 
Low Emission Zones in Krakow and in Warsaw from 2024 on.

Slovenia has an Access Regulation in Ljubljana.

There is a national framework of Low Emission Zones in Germany. They apply to all motor vehicles except motorcycles. A number of cities also have transit bans on heavy goods vehicle through-traffic. 
There are also some cities (Stuttgart, Darmstadt) that have a zonal driving ban (also incorrectly called 'Dieselfahrverbot' = diesel driving ban). These cities require a minimum standard of Euro 6 diesel to be able to circulate in the streets affected by the zonal driving ban. Other cities may follow.

The national framework for low emission zones means that the only the things that vary from city to city are the location, the emission standard (or sticker) and the times. For the transit bans, the exact definition of the vehicle varies, but all transit bans are for heavy duty vehicles only.

The required sticker can be ordered online from every country either here or there.

During the first reading of the climate bill, the French Senate voted in favour of the introduction of a ZFE in agglomerations of more than 150,000 inhabitants.
The original deadline was 2024, but this has now been postponed to 2030.
The French national framework allows for a pure ZEV standard.
As cities confirm, they will be added to our website. 

There are a number of low emission zones, emergency pollution schemes, access regulations and zero emission zones in French cities. Sometimes the low emission zones only apply to delivery vehicles.

Low Emission Zones require a sticker called Crit'Air (Certificats qualité de l'air = air quality certificates) which is mandatory for French and foreign vehicles.

 

During periods of high pollution, there are emergency regulations. The French law states that they can be implemented in any city, department or region. The cities on our list are those that have ordinances allowing for pollution schemes (i.e. have activated schemes, or can activate them), and we outline the regional schemes and the information about them.

For vehicles registered in France, the French LEZ stickers can be bought here.

Stickers for foreign vehicles can be bought in here. You can switch to English, French, German or Spanish on the site. These stickers can be purchased outside France. Please allow sufficient time for delivery.
Please note: Buying stickers from some websites can cost up to 5 times the price, so check carefully, and use official sales websites.

 

Helsinki in Finland has a low emission zone that only applies to public transport buses, an access regulation for lorries and a ban on studded tyres.

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