There are already regulations for ZBEs: they arrive so late that few

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Three days before the end of 2022, the Government has published the Royal Decree Law that regulates and defines the minimum criteria that Low Emission Zones must meet . A regulation that arrives on the horn, since the date does not change: January 1, 2023 continues to be indicated as the deadline for the almost 150 cities required to have these areas to implement them. The municipalities had asked for more margin due to the non-existence of the regulations and the resulting legal uncertainty when drafting their ordinances. Not in vain, on several occasions they have been declared null and void by a court, as has happened with that of Barcelona or that of Madrid Central or the Central District.

Schrödinger's ZBEs: in 15 days around 150 cities should fine cars without a label. Only these will do it IN MOTORPASIÓN Schrödinger's ZBEs: in 15 days around 150 cities should fine cars without a label. Only these will do it A regulatory umbrella that arrives long overdue Law This regulation is included in Royal Decree 1052/2022, of December 27 : it was Cell Phone Number List approved yesterday in the Council of Ministers and was published today, Wednesday, December 28. There are hardly any changes regarding the guidelines. It is based on the RDL draft prepared in April and which was submitted to public consultation between April and May. And in turn, it takes as a reference the guidelines on what these areas should be like that were published at the end of November 2021. There are no appreciable changes with respect to what is dictated in the embryonic regulations and guidelines, which for the Government is a great excuse. Still, reality is what it is.



Few cities will have their ZBEs in January due to the limited margin. The Executive's promise is that the final regulations would be published at the end of 2022. And so it has been. But it is the municipal governments that must draft the ordinances that define them, which means working against the clock. Many cities have already indicated that they will not be able to have them ready on time, such as Zaragoza, which will take months to apply it, and Valencia , which anticipates that it will be ready "during 2023." Or there are even those that already point to 2024, as is the case of Valladolid. The Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) argued in the summer that drafting these ordinances takes "a minimum of four months." For this reason, a longer period was requested, which was flatly rejected by the Minister of Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera.