Vehicles registered outside Spain are not classified according to DGT environmental criteria. In order to establish approval, and evaluate their potential for polluting, all foreign vehicles must register beforehand in order to gain access to the Barcelona Ring Roads LEZ.
The owners of vehicles with foreign licence plates can apply for temporary authorisation (of up to 2 years) provided that they can demonstrate that the vehicle complies with equivalent technological requirements:
- Motorbikes, mopeds and other light vehicles with category L, classified as Euro 2 or above.
- Passenger cars (M1) classified as electric, Euro 3 petrol-driven (usually registered after 2000) or above, and Euro 4 diesel-driven or above.
- Lorries (N2, N3), buses and coaches (M2, M3): electric, Euro 4 diesel-driven or above.
As an exceptional measure, until 1 January 2021, authorisation will also be granted to vehicles used for transporting goods or passengers: vans, lorries and coaches, even though they do not meet the required environmental conditions for circulating within the Barcelona Ring Roads LEZ.
In order to register foreign vehicles, it is necessary to attach the vehicle's documents, showing the vehicle's owner, the licence number, the approved category, the type of fuel used and the Euro level. If you do not have the official documents containing the Euro level information, it will be necessary to accredit compliance with equivalent NOx and particulate emission levels by means of an official document.
Vehicles that do not comply with the environmental requirements for circulating within the Ring Roads LEZ may gain access to the LEZ through a prior application to the Metropolitan Registry for a one-day authorisation; a maximum of 10 one-day authorisations are issued per year.
Acces to the Registry