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The Metropolitan register of foreign vehicles and other vehicles authorised to travel in the ZBEs of the metropolis of Barcelona.
The Metropolitan Register (Metropolitan Register of Foreign Vehicles and other Authorised Vehicles in the Low Emission Zones) is a service for the processing of permits for vehicles to drive within the restricted area of low emission zones (ZBE) of the metropolis of Barcelona, according to the regulations in force.
If you own a vehicle without an environmental label or a foreign vehicle, the register service enables you to obtain information about, apply for and manage —mainly through digital means— the different types of permits to drive within the restricted area.
There are currently 12 types of permits included in the Regulation:
If you own a vehicle affected by the restrictions, you can apply for a daily permit which allows you to drive in the low emission zones (ZBEs) of the metropolis of Barcelona on the day of your choice. You can register your vehicle on the Register and request up to 24 of these permits per year.
Registration to the Metropolitan Register of Foreign Vehicles and other Authorised Vehicles in the Low Emission Zones (ZBEs) is a one-off procedure. To register, the owner of the vehicle must send an application form to the Register.
Once your application has been accepted, you can activate and pay for daily permits, up to 24 per year, from the user area on the registration website. A daily permit can be activated up until 11.59 pm on the day after accessing the ZBE. You can also request and pay daily permits at any Spanish post office (Correos), with the corresponding management cost.
Exceptionally, daily permits can be requested up to two days after access, presenting an urgency warrant.
The dates of already requested and paid daily permits can be modified up to the day before circulation, but daily permits cannot be cancelled. You will need to access the user area on the website with your ID number and password to change the date you have entered, and to apply and pay for new daily permits.
Under exceptional circumstances, in medical emergencies, you can apply for a permit afterwards, within three days, including the day you accessed the low emission zone. The vehicle may be subject to a penalty, but you can appeal with documentary proof of a medical emergency and confirmation of the daily permit.
The following vehicles may obtain a VPRM authorisation: vehicles for persons with reduced mobility and vehicles for collective transport for persons with reduced mobility.
You need to request inclusion into the ZBE Register of Authorisations only once. To do this, the owner of the vehicle must submit an application form to the Metropolitan Register.
You can apply for an authorisation to drive in the low emission zones (ZBEs) of the metropolis of Barcelona with vehicles used to provide health care services and funeral services, with fire engines and vehicles used by the police, civil protection agencies and national security forces. Those vehicles will be able to access the ZBEs while the authorisation is in force.
The application for registration must be submitted by the legal representative of the competent public authority for each of the services, or the vehicles must be registered at the Spanish Directorate-General for Traffic (DGT) with the classification by vehicle usage or service criteria coincident with the services described above.
You need to request inclusion in the ZBE Register of Authorisations only once. To do this, the owner of the vehicle must submit an application form to the ZBE Register of Authorisations.
Vehicles registered outside Spain are not classified according to the criteria of the Spanish Directorate-General for Traffic (DGT). Therefore, all these vehicles need to be registered so that they can drive in the low emission zones (ZBEs) of the metropolis of Barcelona.
Vehicles that can prove to meet the equivalent technological requirements may apply for a long-term permit:
It is necessary to attach the vehicle’s documentation, showing the owner and the plate number, as well as the homologation category, the type of fuel and the Euro level.
Vehicles that do not meet the environmental requirements to circulate within the low emission zones (ZBEs) of the metropolis of Barcelona may request daily permits (up to 24 per year).
People with recognised illnesses or disabilities that condition their use of public transport can register their vehicle in the ZBE Register of Authorisations. It is not mandatory that applicants are the owners of the vehicle, but it only will be granted one vehicle authorisation per applicant.
You can submit the application by filling out the form on the website, by traditional post office mail, in-person at the AMB Citizen Service Office (OAC) or at several local citizen service offices.
Once compliance with the requirements has been verified, you will be notified of the decision (accepted, denied or returned as incomplete) within 15 working days. Registration in the Metropolitan Register is valid for two years. Afterwards, it must be renewed through a new application.
Registration in the Metropolitan Register is requested through the web form. The validity of registration is two years provided that the initial conditions of the vehicle are maintained. If you authorise us to verify your details at other government bodies and no issues are found, you will not need to provide any additional documentation.
Once compliance with the requirements has been verified, you will be notified of the decision (accepted, denied or returned as incomplete) within 15 days.
The fiscal by-law of the AMB establishes two types of authorisations: authorisations that are free of charge and authorisations with a specific cost.
Authorisations with an associated fee are subdivided into two categories, which may complement each other and consider cases of people with low income.
To complete an application submitted through the form on the website, you will need to sign it with a digital ID. The accepted certificates are:
In the case of registration of foreign vehicles, no signature is required.
Persons undergoing periodic medical treatments in health centres located within the low emission zones (ZBEs) of the metropolis of Barcelona can apply for inclusion of a vehicle in the ZBE Register of Authorisations. It is not mandatory that applicants are the owners of the vehicle, but it will only be granted one vehicle authorisation per applicant.
You can submit the application by filling out the form on the website, by traditional post office mail, in-person at the AMB Citizen Service Office (OAC) or at several local citizen service offices.
Once compliance with the requirements has been verified, you will be notified of the decision (accepted, denied or returned as incomplete) within 15 days.