The High Court of Justice of Catalonia has annulled the ban on the most polluting cars, without an environmental label from the DGT, in the low emission zone in Barcelona. A ban that affected Monday through Friday.
The Low Emissions Zone (ZBE) of Barcelona It has suffered a severe judicial setback. The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) has made an important opinion that directly affects the owners of vehicles with a certain age and that, above all, lack the environmental seal of the DGT (General Directorate of Traffic) with everything that it supposes.
Justice has annulled Barcelona’s ban on polluting cars. But what ban has been overturned? The TSJC has annulled the ban on cars without an ECO label. The arguments indicated by the aforementioned court are quite clear. And it is considered that it is an excessive measure. This annulment occurs after half a dozen appeals filed by various sectors and groups.
The Low Emissions Zone of Barcelona suffers a severe setback
In 2019, the municipal ordinance of Barcelona that imposed on the user of this type of old vehicles, and in some cases more polluting, the obligation to pay €2.00 to be able to circulate through the interior of the city streets that would delimit the Ronda Dalt and the Ronda Litoral. The prior authorization requirement was also established if they wanted to circulate on a weekday between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. through the ZBE in the area of the Barcelona Ring Roads from January 1, 2020.
The plenary session of the Consell Metropolità also approved the fiscal ordinances, among which was this rate, and which, most importantly, established a maximum of 10 authorizations per year to move around the ZBE for this type of vehicle, with discounts and bonuses in the case of the lowest incomes.
In the Barcelona City Council, led by the mayor Ada Colau, a collection forecast of 150 million euros was handled thanks to this fiscal ordinance. However, and after the annulment by the TSJC, it remains to be seen what will happen to payments already made and if the claims will be taken into account to return each one of them.
Source: The world