The one Environmental brand The General Directorate for Traffic (DGT) has become a central element of city mobility. With progressive implementation Low emission areas (dreamer), Freedom of traffic depends on the traffic sticker The movements of the vehicle concrete.
A fabric that has already been created in Spain (the law requires that it existed since 2023 in cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants) Leave out of cars without an environmental badge. And because of their age, a third of the old Spanish parking lot is not right to the DGT sticker.
These vehicles that enter the categories set by traffic must show the label in the right right glass. This organism It does not force it to take it, But some municipalities may demand their presence because it is municipal competition.
DGT environmental brands are four: B, C, ECO and zero. However, these are not the only stickers emitted by trading. Circulation regulations collect a The fifth label, similar to shape and size, They use only some vehicles.
What are the DGT labels
The environmental badge is granted to cars based on emission regulations that adhere to, which generally coincide with the following criteria:
- No label (category A): Petrol cars before 2001 and diesel before 2006.
- B label: Gasoline vehicles registered between January 2001 and 2005 and diesel was registered between January 2006 and August 2015. If they are gasoline and EUR 4 or 5, they must comply with Euro3 regulations if diesel.
- C label: Gasoline registered since January 2006 and diesel registered from September 2015. In the case of petrol engines, EURO 4, 5 or 6 must comply with the EURO or 6 petrol engines and the Euro 6 for diesel.
- Ecological brand: Hybrid with electric autonomy less than 40 kilometers, whether electrified (microgridos, hybrids with its own grid and plug -in hybrids) or gas (LPG or CNG).
- Zero label: Plug -in hybrids with more than 40 kilometers of autonomy and pure electricity, including widespread autonomy.
Fifth distinctive dgt
In addition to the above, the General Circulation Regulation includes a Fifth distinctive, of the same size as the previous one (with a diameter of 97 millimeters) and identified as a V-26 signal.
The one Label is blue, s White silhouette of the car Surrounded by five figures, also white, which represents passengers. The sticker includes the DGT logo, the number code and the vehicle registration.
What does the V-26 sticker mean?
He Strong V-26 Is not an environmental character but served to identify Shared vehicles. Thus, the label can only use cars or motorcycles for this specific use in the traffic vehicle register.
The main usefulness of this DGT sticker is that users can recognize The cars that carry it for vinyls that occupy the body.
Even your presence Facilitates the identification of traffic agents from this type of vehicles that, for example, have the right to use high -value lanes for vehicles (Vao).
Where should DGT sticker be placed
The one mandatory place the fifth distinctive dgt It also depends on the municipalities. If the municipality requires the presence of a sticker, it should be paid for what indicates the regulation of the vehicle.
According to this standard, if the vehicle has a windshield, the badge will be “placed preferably in it the upper left angle ”. The same text determines that the environment sticker must be “at right angle”.