TÜV SÜD: Many cities will drive forward next stage of low-emission zone in 2012

Stuttgart, Frankfurt am Main and Munich are the three major German cities to tighten the rules on emissions in city centres, introducing phase three of the low-emission zone (LEZ) scheme. This means that even cars with yellow stickers on their windscreens will no longer be permitted inside the centres of Stuttgart and Frankfurt from January on. Munich will bar older diesel cars from its centre from October onwards. Owners of older diesel vehicles who still want to drive into the city after these dates will need to install a diesel particulate filter. After a year of non-funding, the German government will again subsidize diesel particulate filter retrofits in 2012, contributing 330 euros to each retrofit. Motorists can apply for the subsidy at the German Office of Economics and Export Control (Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle, BAFA) from February 2012 onwards. TÜV SÜD summarizes the facts.

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