Spanish DGT environmental label and LEZ calculator

Which DGT environmental label (0, ECO, C, B or none) your car gets by fuel and registration, and what it means in low emission zones.

Your vehicle

Fuel or technology

Hybrid's combustion engine

Type-approved electric range km

Registration and emissions standard

Year of first registration

Month

Euro standard if you know it

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Emissions standard used: —

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What it usually means in a low emission zone

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Since Law 7/2021, Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants and island territories (and those with more than 20,000 that exceed pollution limits) must have low emission zones, and Royal Decree 1052/2022 requires their access rules to use this environmental classification. But who may enter, at what times, with which exemptions and from when fines apply is decided by each city council in its by-law: check it before you go.

Check the official label by number plate with the DGT Car history by number plate on ORIONVIN

This is an estimate for cars and light vans (categories M1 and N1) using the criteria published by the DGT. The label that counts is the one in the Vehicle Register for your number plate: the date is only a guide (a car registered shortly before a change of standard may already meet the next one) and some mild hybrids are registered as hybrids and others are not. Motorbikes, buses and lorries have different criteria.

0 emissions (blue)ECOC (green)B (yellow)No label estimated from the datethe one you enteredNot taken into account Battery electric, range-extended electric and fuel cell (hydrogen) vehicles get the 0 emissions label. Plug-in hybrid with at least 40 km of electric range: 0 emissions label. Because of its technology (hybrid, plug-in with less than 40 km of range, LPG or natural gas) and because it also meets the C label standard: ECO label. Its technology could qualify for ECO, but ECO also requires the Euro standard of the C label and the estimated one falls short: it gets the label that matches its Euro standard. Petrol meeting Euro 4, 5 or 6: C label.Diesel meeting Euro 6: C label. Petrol meeting Euro 3: B label.Diesel meeting Euro 4 or 5: B label. Petrol older than Euro 3: no label.Diesel older than Euro 4: no label. It is the label with the fewest restrictions: it can usually always enter and drive in low emission zones, and many cities give it perks such as discounts on regulated parking. It can usually enter low emission zones, and some cities give it perks on regulated parking. It can drive in many low emission zones today, although some by-laws restrict parking or driving in phases or during high pollution episodes. It is among the first to feel the restrictions: many by-laws already limit its access or parking, or plan to, and it is usually kept out during high pollution episodes. It is the most restricted: it cannot enter many low emission zones, except for the exemptions each by-law sets (for example, registered residents, people with reduced mobility or historic vehicles). Estimate based on the official DGT criteria. The label that counts is the one in the Vehicle Register: check it with the number plate. Your car was registered in the year before a change of standard: it may already meet the next one and have a better label. If you don't know its Euro standard, check it with the number plate. Enter the type-approved electric range (it's on the registration documents): with 40 km or more it gets the 0 emissions label.

Frequently asked questions about the label and low emission zones

How can I be sure which label my car has?

On the DGT's online office, with the number plate: the lookup is free and returns the label recorded in the Vehicle Register. This calculator estimates it with the same criteria from the fuel and the date or Euro standard.

Why isn't the registration date enough?

The DGT classifies by the emissions standard (Euro) the car is registered with. The dates (for petrol, from January 2001 for B and from January 2006 for C; for diesel, from January 2006 for B and from September 2015 for C) are a guide: a car registered earlier may already meet the next standard.

Do all hybrids get the ECO label?

Not always. A plug-in hybrid with 40 km or more of electric range gets the 0 emissions label. And being a hybrid, LPG or natural gas car is not enough for ECO: the car must also meet the C label standard (Euro 4 or later for petrol, Euro 6 for diesel).

What is a low emission zone (ZBE)?

An area where the city council restricts access, driving or parking for the most polluting vehicles. Spanish Law 7/2021 requires them in municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants and island territories, and in those with more than 20,000 that exceed pollution limits. The specific rules are in each city's by-law.

What if my car has no label?

Read your city's low emission zone by-law: many include exemptions (for example, for registered residents or people with reduced mobility) and transition periods. And check with the number plate that it really gets none: the date is only a guide.

Official sources

Criteria reviewed in October 2026. If the DGT changes the classification, this calculator will be updated: if in doubt, the official number plate lookup prevails.