With the euro 4 emissions class, you get the green sticker on your car.
Since 2008 environmental zones in germany and with them came the environmental badge. It serves the purpose of environmentally friendly and to counteract the high levels of particulate matter and noise pollution.
At times, there were environmental zones that prohibited vehicles with a red or yellow environmental badge access allowed. In the meantime, only vehicles that have a green environmental badge (pollutant group 4) have to move in the zones.
Where does the green sticker? Which car can carry the green sticker and can also cars with emission standard euro 3 or worse without the environmental sticker drive into the environmental zone? This guide will enlighten you.
FAQ: green environmental sticker
Both gasoline and diesel vehicles require at least pollutant group 4 for the green environmental sticker. sometimes, even euro 3 diesel vehicles can be given a green sticker if they are fitted with a particulate filter.
you can get the sticker at the TuV, the dekra as well as the vehicle registration offices. All you have to do is present the registration certificate part 1 (formerly: vehicle registration document) and pay an amount of between five and ten euro.
In this case you will have to pay a fine of 100 euros.
Which cars get the green sticker?
In green the sticker means less pollutant emission. Red and yellow, on the other hand, are considered "dirty". Take the following overview, whether your vehicle receives the green environmental sticker:
Green sticker: euro 4 is a prerequisite?
The green sticker for particulate matter is intended to counteract the increasing pollution in cities.
There are fine dust sticker in green, yellow and red. Depending on the emission standard, the certificate of approval part I under point 14.1 (in the case of old vehicle registration documents under point 1), a vehicle is thereby classified as more or less environmentally friendly.
Only cars of the pollutant group 4 get the green sticker and are therefore allowed to drive in all environmental zones. However, the pollution group 4 is not the same as the pollution class euro 4. the euro levels provide information on which emission standard the vehicle complies with. These standards are then assigned to the pollutant groups. The following vehicles can receive a green sticker:
- Euronorm 4 or better
- euro 3 diesel with particulate filter
- Euro 1 petrol vehicles with particulate filter
- Euro 1 gasoline engine whose first registration was after 1.1.1993
motorcycles do not need a green environmental sticker. This is due to the fact that two- and three-wheeled vehicles are exempt from the exempt from the obligation to display a sticker are.
Attention: although cars in pollutant group 4, no matter if diesel or petrol, compared to cars with red, yellow or even no environmental sticker are still considered clean, impending driving bans can also affect this pollutant group concern.
keep the green environmental sticker after relocation
Once you have acquired the green environmental sticker, it is also unambiguous assigned to their vehicle. Therefore the question arises in case of a move also a new environmental badge is due.
In fact, for a while it was necessary, after a move, to also green environmental sticker again to acquire. This was due to the fact that a motor vehicle in this case re-registered had to be replaced and received a new license plate at the same time.
Since january 2015 but it is possible to be license plate. As long as the license plate does not change, the green sticker can stay where it is.
When purchasing a used car is the re-registration and thus a new environmental sticker required. This also applies if the vehicle already has a green environmental sticker.
Good to know: environmental badges can be do not replace and recycle. Were they forced to windshield, z. B. Due to a stone chip, you must obtain the green environmental sticker again.
How and where to get a green sticker?
when is the green sticker due? Check the pollutant class in the vehicle documents.
according to the vehicle registration document, your car has the emission standard euro 4, so you can confidently get the green environmental badge. But from where?
The environmental stickers are available in all vehicle registration offices, citizens’ registration offices, and at TuV or dekra. You only need the vehicle documents. Between five and ten euros costs of the green sticker. additional costs are incurred if you use the environmental badge order online (again, the vehicle documents must be submitted by e-mail, post or fax).
where do i have to get the green affix badge? Usually it is displayed at the inside of the windshield, on the right side, stuck. Only the inside of the windshield is mandatory. the badge must be clearly visible, but not mandatory down right be. Just make sure to keep the driver’s field of vision clear.
no green environmental badge: exemptions
only in exceptional cases cars without a green environmental sticker are allowed to enter the environmental zone.
You live in a environmental zone, but your car does not comply with the pollutant group 4? you do not have to buy a new car or park outside the zone and walk to your home.
Also without a green environmental sticker it is possible to drive or park in an environmental zone.
First of all, it should be said that there are no federal regulation for the environmental zones, therefore it is up to the cities to regulate exceptions. So it may well be that the owner of a cars without a green sticker as a resident of an environmental zone a special permit receives.
Likewise, in some places commercial operator get special permits. The following vehicles form a exception:
- Car with two or three bicycles,
- working machines, mobile machinery and tractors used in agriculture and forestry,
- motor vehicles used for the transport of persons with a severely handicapped permit,
- emergency vehicles with special rights (police, fire department, federal armed forces, customs etc.).),
- Vintage cars with a H license plate or 07 license plate,
- Diplomatic vehicles and vehicles of non-german troops (in case of military cooperation in germany).
special permits can, however, be expensive. inquire at the responsible authority, registration office or the district office according to the exemptions and requirements for a special permit.
Without a green environmental sticker in the environmental zone: fine
you must affix the green environmental sticker to the inside of the windscreen.
Even if your car has been proven to meet the pollutant group 4 you are not allowed to drive into an area without the green environmental sticker environmental zone drive.
Although there is still no general obligation to display a sticker, that means, cars do not have to wear a sticker (outside of environmental zones). Without it is driving in an environmental zone but prohibited.
If you nevertheless drive your vehicle into one of the environmental zones, you could face a fine in the amount of 100 euro.
foreign cars are not exempt from this rule, they must also apply for a green environmental badge make an effort before entering an environmental zone. towed vehicles can not be fined for a sticker violation, by the way.
The use of a forged or unauthorized environmental sticker will be punished more severely. Here, the driver, vehicle owner and the person who obtained the wrong environmental sticker can be held responsible. The charge is then forgery or aiding and abetting to. for this threatens an fine or imprisonment.
The employer sends an employee regularly with the service vehicle into an environmental zone. The vehicle does not carry a green environmental sticker. Who is responsible here and who must pay the fine? Is the employer of the vehicle owner, the responsibility here does not lie with the employee. However, if employee of the holder of the vehicle, he is responsible for obtaining the sticker himself, even if the car is used for business purposes.
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