Umwelt Zones in Germany

Don Madge

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From 1 January 2008 a total of 33 German cities will require all motorists to purchase a "Pollution Badge" in the form of a windscreen sticker in order to enter city centre ‘Umwelt Zones’ (green zones).

The participating cities are: Augsburg, Berlin, Braunschweig, Köln (Cologne), Darmstadt, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt am Main, Hannover, Heidelberg, Islfeld, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Leipzig, Leonburg, Ludwigsburg, Madgeburg, Mannheim, Mühlacker, München (Munich), Neu-Ulm, Nürnberg (Nuremberg), Pforzheim, Pleidelsheim, Regensburg, Reutlingen, Ruhr Area, Schwäbish-Gmund, Stuttgart, Tübingen and Ulm.

You must present your vehicle registration document at Pollution Badge (Umwelt Plakette) sales outlets, including vehicle repair centres, car dealers, MOT (Tüv) stations and vehicle licensing offices, and you will be issued with a badge, coloured (Red/Yellow/Green) according to your vehicle’s Euro emission rating.

The cost of the badge is understood to be between €5 and €10 and, once issued, covers you throughout Germany for the life of your vehicle. Failure to display a badge could incur a fine of €40. Enforcement will be managed by the police, local authorities and traffic wardens.

The system seems fairer than the LEZ as it effects all motor vehicles and the badge lasts for the life of the vehicle and covers all the participating cities.

Most of this info is Courtesy of the Caravan Club.

If I find any further details I'll keep you all posted.

Safe travelling

Don
 
Don Madge said:
From 1 January 2008 a total of 33 German cities will require all motorists to purchase a "Pollution Badge" in the form of a windscreen sticker in order to enter city centre ‘Umwelt Zones’ (green zones).

The participating cities are: Augsburg, Berlin, Braunschweig, Köln (Cologne), Darmstadt, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt am Main, Hannover, Heidelberg, Islfeld, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Leipzig, Leonburg, Ludwigsburg, Madgeburg, Mannheim, Mühlacker, München (Munich), Neu-Ulm, Nürnberg (Nuremberg), Pforzheim, Pleidelsheim, Regensburg, Reutlingen, Ruhr Area, Schwäbish-Gmund, Stuttgart, Tübingen and Ulm.

You must present your vehicle registration document at Pollution Badge (Umwelt Plakette) sales outlets, including vehicle repair centres, car dealers, MOT (Tüv) stations and vehicle licensing offices, and you will be issued with a badge, coloured (Red/Yellow/Green) according to your vehicle’s Euro emission rating.

The cost of the badge is understood to be between €5 and €10 and, once issued, covers you throughout Germany for the life of your vehicle. Failure to display a badge could incur a fine of €40. Enforcement will be managed by the police, local authorities and traffic wardens.

The system seems fairer than the LEZ as it effects all motor vehicles and the badge lasts for the life of the vehicle and covers all the participating cities.

Most of this info is Courtesy of the Caravan Club.

If I find any further details I'll keep you all posted.

Safe travelling

Don
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looks like the germans are taking a 'sensible' approach to this issue unlike our british government
 
It should be published in the 2008 edition of Caravan Europe 2

It is going to be a minefield for the first couple of weeks, I will stay clear of Germany until June.

I feel very sorry for the German motorhomers who live in an Umwelt zone and can't use there vehicles because they don't/can't comply with the regs.

Don
 
I read elsewhere that part of the reason for the German scheme was representation by various motor homing organisations making the point that motorhomes by their nature tend to be used less per annum and therefore last longer.
Is this another example where the British motorhomer is less well represented by organisations such as the 'Caravan Club'?
 
walkers said:
looks like the germans are taking a 'sensible' approach to this issue unlike our british government
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Minor point of order - the London LEZ is a decision of the London Mayor not the British government (for once :) )

ian81 said:
I read elsewhere that part of the reason for the German scheme was representation by various motor homing organisations making the point that motorhomes by their nature tend to be used less per annum and therefore last longer.
Is this another example where the British motorhomer is less well represented by organisations such as the 'Caravan Club'?
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If you look at the various consultation documents on the London LEZ web site Here you will find that the CC and other organisations made strong representations. The difference appears to be that the German authorities were prepared to listen and the London Mayor was not.

Graham
 
Graham Hadfield said:
Minor point of order - the London LEZ is a decision of the London Mayor not the British government (for once :) )


If you look at the various consultation documents on the London LEZ web site Here you will find that the CC and other organisations made strong representations. The difference appears to be that the German authorities were prepared to listen and the London Mayor was not.

Graham
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the lez may be londons decision but allowing it's inception will have come from central government me thinks
 
walkers said:
the lez may be londons decision but allowing it's inception will have come from central government me thinks
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My understanding is that the ruling is EU wide and that implementation is up to local/national government in each country. "Allowing its inception" is, therefore, part of this country's overall EU membership.

That the way in which the London LEZ is being implemented is purely a London matter and not a national government one is a matter of fact. I haven't seen any comment from national government either in support of or against the LEZ and suspect that they are keeping their heads down to see whether Ken gets his shot off first :)

Graham
 
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