What are the requirements to obtain a DGT label in Spain? If you still have doubts about which sticker your car should have, in this article we will clarify it for you.
Now that the big European cities are making an effort to expel the most polluting cars, in Spain there are the so-called Low Emission Zones (ZBE), which are mandatory in all municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants since last January 1, 2023.
To determine which cars can enter and which cannot, the municipalities are governed by the environmental label of the General Directorate of Traffic. In Spain there are four of these labels and it is necessary to meet a series of requirements for your car to have one distinctive or another. It may even not correspond to a label, in which case it would be within the so-called Category A.
However, the requirements to obtain a DGT label in Spain are not conditioned by the driver or the location. This is an issue that has to do with the vehicle itself and its technical characteristics, where the most important thing is the date of registration, the European emission regulations and the degree of electrification that its mechanics present.
These are the requirements to obtain a DGT label in Spain
Based on these criteria, the corresponding environmental label is determined. If you still have doubts about which DGT sticker your car should have, these are the requirements you must meet to access each of them:
– Label B: to obtain the label B (yellow) from the DGT, your car must be registered from the year 2000 and comply with the Euro 3 emission standard or later in the case of having a gasoline engine. If, on the other hand, it is diesel, this emblem is available for cars registered from 2006 and homologated with the Euro 4 or Euro 5 standard.
– Label C: the next label is C (green). In this case, if it is a gasoline car, it must be registered from 2006 and comply with the Euro 4 or later emission standard. In the case of being a diesel car, you will not get it if it is not registered from 2014 and complies with at least the Euro 6 standard.
– ECO label: in this case, the ECO sticker (blue and green) is reserved for plug-in hybrid cars with less than 40 kilometers of electric range, conventional hybrid cars, micro-hybrids or light hybrids, natural gas, compressed natural gas (CNG). ) or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
– Zero Label: finally, the Zero Emissions label (blue) is exclusively for electric cars, extended-range electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids with more than 40 kilometers of electric range and hydrogen fuel cell cars.
Note that, although these are the requirements to obtain a DGT label in Spain, there are exceptions, such as the B Label for some gasoline models registered before 2000, but which do comply with the Euro 3 standard; and the ECO label, for conversions of cars from gasoline to LPG, in which it is possible to access a specific environmental badge.
