The vehicles below are exempt from the environmental sticker:

• Mopeds, mopeds, motorbikes, scooters and three-wheeled vehicles.
   
• Agricultural tractors.
   
• Mobile machinery and equipment.
   
• Work traffic.
   
• Vehicles used by emergency services.
   
• Motor vehicles for the benefit of people with disabilities, where the vehicles must be registered as such. If you hold a European Disabled Parking Card, you are exempt from the environmental badge. This disabled parking card must be clearly visible behind your windscreen as soon as your vehicle is parked in a restricted zone. If you are checked for the presence of the environmental sticker within the Umwelt zone, the European Disabled Parking Card is your proof of your permanent exemption.
   
• Oldtimers with historical registration plates registered as such in Germany (the vehicle must be at least 30 years old and bear the “H” badge or the red “07” badge) or oldtimers registered in other EU countries meeting corresponding conditions have a permanent exemption from the environmental sticker. Therefore, if your vintage car is registered in the Netherlands, has a date of first admission before 1 January 1978, and the vehicle has Dutch historical registration plates (the blue plates), you do not need an environment sticker. However, to enter an Umwelt zone, you still need a FIVA Identity Card. You can apply for this in the Netherlands at the FEHAC. Further information on this Identity Card can be found at: www.fehac.nl/fiva-id-cards. If you park your vintage car within the Umwelt zone, you must place a copy of your Dutch registration certificate or the said Identity Card clearly visible.

The environmental sticker is custom-made for your vehicle. Therefore, once the environmental sticker is printed (with your registration number), we cannot reverse the order or return the amount paid.

The environment sticker can only be attached to a window once due to the special adhesive layer. So for a replacement window, you need to purchase a new Environment Sticker. You can order it via this page. This may be covered by the insurance company. Check with your insurer about this.

Cars that have a European Disabled Parking Card clearly visible behind the windscreen are exempt from the Environmental Sticker.

Yes, you can. Fines can be up to €80 and, in addition, you get a point in Flensburg (German system of penalty points in traffic). If the sticker is not affixed properly visible, you risk a €40 fine.

The Environmental Sticker is issued by registration number and is valid indefinitely in combination with your registration number. The data on the environment sticker must match the data on the vehicle registration certificate.

Yes, the environment sticker is recognised throughout Germany.

Only urban areas have environmental zones. Using only German motorways does not require an Environmental Sticker.

Nationwide, exemptions exist for a range of vehicles, such as mopeds, motorbikes, ambulances and tractors. Oldtimers with a so-called “H” registration number also do not have to be stickered. In addition, there are numerous municipal exemptions for certain distressing cases, for which, however, there are very different solutions from one city to another. If in doubt, contact the relevant municipality.

Retrieved from this page you will find an overview of all cities with an environmental zone. Zones are added periodically and those already set up as environmental zones are also becoming stricter in allowing lower emission class vehicles (higher emissions). So keep an eye on this overview.

Newer cars often have high environmental ratings such as Euro 5 and Euro 6. For these too, you will receive a green sticker with 4 on it. This is currently the highest class associated with the environmental sticker. There are currently no legal regulations in Germany on which vehicles will receive a Blue Sticker ( light blue / dark blue ).

Cities can close areas with particularly high particulate matter concentrations to vehicles with high particulate emissions. These environmental zones are marked with a special road sign. The establishment of environmental zones is based on an EU directive which stipulates that a limit value for particulate matter (50 micrograms per cubic metre of air) may not be exceeded on more than 35 calendar days. Germany has transposed this directive into national law with the so-called “Kennzeichnungsverordnung”.

The environmental sticker (umweltplakette) is required to drive a car in the environmental zones of German cities. Mopeds, mopeds, motorbikes, scooters, three-wheeled vehicles, agricultural tractors, mobile machinery and equipment, work traffic and emergency vehicles do not need an environmental sticker. In addition, vintage cars - registered before 1 January 1978 and fitted with Dutch historical blue number plates - also do not need an environment sticker. In that case, however, a copy of the Dutch registration certificate or the FIVA Identity Card must be placed clearly visible behind the windscreen.

If ordered and paid on working days before 5 p.m., the environment sticker will be sent the same day via PostNL. We depend on PostNL for the lead time of the delivery of the environmental badge. This may therefore take several days.

In that case, you can also collect the environmental sticker from one of the Service points and pay there.

You can easily order the environment sticker via this page or collect from one of the Service points. When ordering via the website, you can pay securely and reliably via iDEAL | Wero, after which you will receive a payment confirmation with an order number. For orders placed and paid for on weekdays before 5.00 PM, the environmental sticker will be dispatched the same day via PostNL.