DRIVERS in Madrid without traffic authority emissions stickers in a prominent place will be fined in six months' time, warns the city council.
Although residents will now have time to acquire their stickers, issued by the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) from the post office, where this leaves visitors to the city is unclear.
Hire cars will already have them in place by the time the six months is up, but people from other parts of Spain spending the weekend in Madrid will have to be careful.
In principle, it is not thought that areas outside the central 'almond', or the metropolitan area within the M-30 ringroad,will be affected, meaning driving to the airport from elsewhere in Spain may not cause a problem.
Fines for not displaying the stickers will be set at €90, or reduced to €45 if paid within 20 days.
For the moment, the stickers are voluntary and it is recommended that they be fixed to the windscreen.
They come in yellow, blue, green or 'eco' – which is blue and green – with the blue carrying a 'zero' for 'emission-free', the yellow a B and the green a C.
'Eco' stickers are for hybrid vehicles with an autonomy – or battery life – of less than 40 kilometres, or those which run on compressed or liquid gas or liquid petroleum gas, whilst the 'zero' stickers are for those with no emissions at all, such as electrically-powered cars with an autonomy or battery life of more than 40 kilometres
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