2023 will arrive full of changes in the automotive universe. It is the year in which the Climate Change Law will be applied so that the Low Emission Zones (ZBE) come into force, which must be activated in all municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants. If we stick to the legislation, cars with a B label will have limitations in more than 150 Spanish cities.
According to the news published by our fellow Autobildthere are several dozen localities that, without reaching 50,000 inhabitants, have requested authorization to create restricted traffic areas.
From the National Institute of Statistics (INE) it is extracted that, at present, There are almost 150 municipalities that meet the housing requirement:
- Andalusia: Alcalá de Guadaira • Algeciras • Almería • Benalmádena • Cádiz • Chiclana de la Frontera • Córdoba • Dos Hermanas • El Ejido • El Puerto de Santa María • Estepona • Fuengirola • Granada • Huelva • Jaén • Jerez de la Frontera • La Línea de la Concepción • Linares • Málaga • Marbella • Mijas • Motril • Roquetas de Mar • San Fernando • Sanlúcar de Barrameda • Seville • Torremolinos • Utrera • Vélez • Málaga.
- Aragon: Huesca • Zaragoza.
- Asturias: Avilés • Gijón • Oviedo • Siero.
- Balearics: Calvià • Ibiza • Palma de Mallorca.
- Canary Islands: Arona • Arrecife • Granadilla de Abona • Las Palmas de Gran Canaria • San Bartolomé de Tirajana • San Cristóbal de La Laguna • Santa Cruz de Tenerife • Santa Lucía de Tirajana • Telde.
- Cantabria: Santander • Torrelavega.
- Castile and Leon: Avila • Burgos • Leon • Palencia • Ponferrada • Salamanca • Segovia • Valladolid • Zamora.
- Castilla la Mancha: Albacete • Ciudad Real • Cuenca • Guadalajara • Talavera de la Reina • Toledo.
- Catalonia: Badalona • Barcelona • Castelldefels • Cerdanyola del Vallès • Cornellà de Llobregat • Girona • Granollers • L’Hospitalet de Llobregat • Lleida • Manresa • Mataró • Mollet del Vallès • Reus • Rubí • Sabadell • Sant Boi de Llobregat • Sant Cugat del Vallès • Santa Coloma de Gramenet • Tarragona • Terrassa • Viladecans • Vilanova i la Geltrú.
- Valencian Community: Alicante • Alcoi • Benidorm • Castellón de la Plana • Elche • Gandía • Orihuela • Paterna • Sagunto • San Vicente del Raspeig • Torrent • Torrevieja • Valencia • Villareal.
- The Rioja: Logrono.
- Madrid’s community: Alcalá de Henares • Alcobendas • Alcorcón • Aranjuez • Arganda del Rey • Boadilla del Monte • Collado Villalba • Colmenar Viejo • Coslada • Fuenlabrada • Getafe • Leganés • Madrid • Majadahonda • Móstoles • Parla • Pinto • Pozuelo de Alarcón • Rivas Vaciamadrid • Las Rozas de Madrid • San Sebastián de los Reyes • Torrejón de Ardoz • Valdemoro.
- Murcia: Murcia • Cartagena • Lorca • Molina de Segura.
- Navarre: Pamplona.
- Basque Country: Baracaldo • Bilbao • Getxo • Irún • San Sebastián • Vitoria.
- Ceuta: Ceuta.
- Melilla: Melilla.
The environmental label B corresponds to passenger cars and light vans powered by gasoline and registered from January 2000, or diesel from January 2006 and its future is uncertain. Currently, they have to meet the same standards as cars with the C environmental label.
Depending on the cities, this rule is more or less lax. In the ZBEEP of Madrid center, for example, they are allowed access but only if they go directly to an underground car park; In case of entering and leaving without the license plate being registered in a car park, they will be penalized with 200 euros.
In another big city, like Barcelona, the B sticker does not imply a limitation when driving in the metropolitan areawhere cars without an environmental label are prohibited from passing.
