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EXPLAINER: the DGT Environmental Quality Seal
from 2005.
Petrol vehicles must meet the Euro 3 standard and diesel vehicles must meet the Euro 4 and 5 standards.
• Where do vehicles need the Environmental Quality Seal?
person or online here: www.market. correos.es/ product/distinti voambientaldgt
Correos is authorised by the DGT to issue its environmental quality seals and the sticker costs just €5 to purchase.
Plugin hybrid vehicles with a range of less than 40 km; hybrid electric vehicles (HEV); natural gas vehicles; and natural gas (CNG and LNG) or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) vehicles.
Cquality seal, green. Applies to:
Lightweight petrol cars and vans registered from January 2006; Lightweight diesel cars and vans registered from 2014; and heavy petrol or diesel vehicles with more than eight seats registered from 2014.
Petrol vehicles must meet the Euro 4, 5 and 6 standards and diesel vehicles must meet the Euro 6 standard.
Bquality seal, yellow. Applies to:
Lightweight petrol cars and vans registered from January 2000; Lightweight diesel cars and vans registered from January 2006; and heavy petrol or diesel vehicles with more than eight seats registered
Spain’s new lowemission zones are in place in Madrid and Barcelona. Spanish motoring authorities in these cities require you to have the official DGT Environmental Quality Seal sticker on the rear window of a vehicle indicating its emission levels. You also have to register your vehicle to drive through these cities.
• How do I get the Environmental Quality Seal?
The easiest way to get the DGT Environmental Quality Seal is through Correos, or any other post office, either in
First, find the relevant sticker for your vehicle or motorcycle and add it to your basket on the Correos website. You are required to submit your documentation including the registration certificate of the vehicle for which you are requesting the quality seal, and the ID of the vehicle owner or the person authorised to make the request. You will receive the sticker within 48 hours of your request and you will need to stick it on the lowerright corner of your windscreen or another visible part of the vehicle.
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