Barcelona low-emission zone (ZBE): rules, labels & fines

Restrictions

• Vehicles without a DGT environmental label may not drive inside the ring roads on working days. Cars (M1): petrol older than Euro 3 (typically registered before 2000) and diesel older than Euro 4 (typically before 2005/2006). Motorcycles and mopeds (L): older than Euro 2 (typically before 2003). Vans (N1) included from 1 April 2021; lorries (N2/N3) and light buses (M2) from 1 January 2022; heavier buses (M3) from 1 July 2022.Àrea Metropolitana d…

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  No label

  Vehicle types

  Passenger car, Motorcycle / moped, Van, Commercial vehicle

  Schedule

  Mon–Fri (working days) 07:00–20:00

  Applies to

  All vehicles of these typesVehicles with 0, ECO, C or B labels may circulate without restriction. Foreign vehicles must prove equivalent Euro standards (see foreign_vehicles).

  From

  From 1 January 2020

Notes: Judicial history: the TSJC annulled the 2019 Barcelona ZBE ordinance in March 2022 (bcn-3cat-tsjc-2022); the Supreme Court (STS 4853/2023, 2 Nov 2023) rejected the cassation appeals and confirmed the annulment (bcn-uria-sts-2023, law-firm publication). Legal press reports the city approved a new ordinance in force since 2023 (bcn-ej-ordinance-2023; only seen as a search result, not opened). No ruling against the current ordinance was found; judicial status of the current text is therefore 'unknown'. Temporary suspension: the Mayor signed a decree on 3 Feb 2026 suspending ZBE application in the municipality 'sine die' due to the Rodalies rail crisis (bcn-ajt-suspension-2026); press reports the restriction had been deactivated from 22 Jan 2026 and reactivated on 16 Mar 2026 by mayoral decree (bcn-3cat-reactivation-2026, press). 'fines_issued' reflects the reactivated sanction regime per press; actual current fining not confirmed on an official page. The AMB FAQ page (zbe.barcelona/en/.../faqs.html) redirected to amb.cat and returned HTTP 403, so it could not be read.

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