Barcelona plans to cancel some 140,000 fines for drivers as a result of the ruling against the first Low Emissions Zone [1677]
Barcelona City Council will stop paying 20.1 million euros of nearly 140,000 fines to drivers for driving in the Low Emissions Zone (ZBE). As published by El Periódico, these are sanctions that were not final or that were not fully executed on the date of publication in the BOE of the Supreme Court's ruling against the first ordinance of the ZBE.The municipal reresolutionution revoking these sanctions is currently in the process of being published in the official bulletins and will annul the sanctions when it is published. Barcelona City Council has stressed that this is not money to be returned, but rather that it will no longer be depodeposited
This ruling forces the City Council to waive the collection of 42% of the penalties incurred during the first three years of validity of the protected area.
In January 2023, the Barcelona ZBE was modified. With this latest update, it was established that the most economically vulnerable people could bypass the rules of the Low Emissions Zone and circulate within it even though they had vehicles considered highly polluting, that is, even if they did not have the Environmental Label of the Directorate. General of Traffic (DGT). In addition, it was established that more exceptional daily permits would be granted to move around the area.