Grace period for professional vehicles
Description
Natural persons who own category M1 and L vehicles which are used to carry out professional activities, and who provide proof that their income is lower than 2 times the current IPREM index (the official Spanish reference index for income), can apply for a grace period for the application of the restrictions on the use of those vehicles. Only valid to drive within the ZBE of Sant Cugat del Vallès.
Requirements
The applicant needs to meet the following requirements:
Be the natural person who owns a private vehicle (M1) or motorcycle or moped (L) which does not have an environmental label.
Be registered at the Spanish Social Security Treasury General when the application is submitted.
Provide proof that the sum of all forms of economic income (pensions, benefits, unearned income, rental income, interest on capital, etc.) is lower than 2 times the current IPREM index (the official Spanish reference index for income).
Formally declare that the vehicle is a necessary instrument towards the carrying out of the applicant's professional activity.
You may apply for a grace period for a single vehicle only.
Procedure
Vehicle owners must apply for inclusion of the vehicle in the Register. After checking that all the requirements have been met, applicants will be informed and the vehicle may drive in those low emission zones where a grace period is in force until the end of that period.
By internet, using digital identification:
Fill out the application form for inclusion of a vehicle in the Register (available below).
Attach any required documents.
Digitally sign the application form and send it. Click here to consult the accepted forms of digital identification.
Obtaining digital IDs
By post
Fill out this application form.
Sign it and enclose any required documents.
Send it by post to:
Registre d'autoritzacions ZBE
Departament de Parc Mòbil
Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona
C/ 62, núm. 16-18
08040 Barcelona (Zona Franca)
In-person
Citizen Service Office of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area: Carrer 62, núm. 16-18, Zona Franca, 08040 Barcelona.
(Business days, from Monday to Friday, from 09:00 to 14:00).By appointment only. Book it here.
Additional documentation
If you have given us consent to verify your data at other public administrations, and no issues are found, no additional documentation will need to be submitted.
If consent is withheld, the applicant must submit copies of the following documents:
Identity document of the applicant or representative.
Vehicle's road licence.
Vehicle's approval certificate.
Photocopies of documents that prove the applicant’s current income (latest income-tax return, income tax certificate, employment history certificate, deregistration as self-employed, benefits, booklet recording family situation, etc.).
Schedule
The application for registration of the vehicle will be processed (accepted, denied or returned as incomplete) within 15 business days of submission. During this period, until the moment you receive confirmation of inclusion in the Register, the vehicle is not considered to be registered and is not allowed to enter the low emission zones.
The vehicle will be included in the Register and authorised to drive in the low emission zones of the metropolis of Barcelona until the finalisation of the grace period established for each zone in the applicable by-laws. In the case of the low emission zone within Barcelona ring roads (ZBE Rondes de Barcelona), it has already finished, and in the case of the low emission zone Sant Cugat, the finalisation date is 30 April 2022.
If the vehicle is scrapped or sold, you must deregister it.
Fees
No fees are charged for this procedure.
