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Requirements for diesel vehicles in environmental zones
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om krav til dieseldrevne lastbiler, busser, varebiler og personbiler i kommunalt fastlagte miljøzoner m.v
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The Danish Environmental Protection Agency can grant an exemption to vehicles used for commercial purposes if a particulate filter is technically impossible, special circumstances relating to the vehicle warrant it, or there is another justifiable reason.
- It also requires that the exemption is of minor importance for the environment and health.
- The possibility of an exemption is not new, but the new justifiable reason is.
- For a foreign vehicle, you can enter the registration number at www.miljoezoner.dk and see whether the Danish Environmental Protection Agency can confirm that the vehicle meets the environmental zone requirements.
- Who: It applies to owners, users and drivers of diesel-powered lorries, buses, vans and cars in environmental zones.
- When: The executive order entered into force on 1 July 2026.
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Source: Retsinformation.dk
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- Issued · 19 June 2026
- Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 27 June 2026
- In force · 1 July 2026