Following the vote by the Brussels Parliament on October 4th, 2024, the milestone of the 1st of January 2025 for the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) has been postponed to January 1st, 2027, for all vehicles concerned by this milestone. The simulator and the timetables will be updated shortly.
Owners of Euro 5 diesel and Euro 2 petrol vehicles, as well as owners of motorized two-wheelers and heavy goods vehicles, therefore, do not need to apply for an exemption to drive in the LEZ until January 1st, 2027.
For Euro 0-1-2-3-4 diesel and Euro 0-1 petrol vehicles, an exemption may be requested, provided you meet the conditions for granting one (see below).*New* Vehicle for persons with a disability holder of a disabled parking card
Vehicle for persons with a disability benefiting from an increased intervention
Vehicle adapted for the transport of persons with a disability
Vehicle equipped with a wheelchair lift
Vehicles used for school transport and collective transport of people with disabilities
*New* Caregivers with social security rights
*New* Divorced parents with a disabled child living with one of the parents
Vintage vehicles over 30 years old
Motor homes
Fair/market/film production vehicle
Vehicles especially equipped for the maintenance and inspection of public installations and infrastructures
Exceptional transport
Mobile cranes
Priority vehicles
Armed forces vehicles
Vehicles used for emergencies
Electric vehicles
Vehicles running on hydrogen
Motorized two-wheelers (category L)
Heavy goods vehicles (> 3.5 tonnes)
Category O, T, C, R, S vehicles
Have you already submitted an application?
Once submitted, the exemption application is processed within 69 days of receipt. Please note: if you have not yet received confirmation of your exemption application and/or if the vehicle in question does not meet the access criteria and travels inside the Low Emission Zone, the vehicle’s owner may be fined. If the request is accepted, the exemption is sent by post to the applicant (or by email if you are domiciled abroad).
More than 20 vehicles?
For companies or other types of organisations with a fleet of more than 20 vehicles, it is possible to submit a “mass” exemption application by contacting Bruxelles Fiscalité (Brussels Taxation) via info.fiscalite@fisc.brussels
N.B.
- The fact that your vehicle is equipped with a particulate filter does not in any way permit an exemption to travel in the LEZ. It is the Euro standards that count, even if you have installed a retrofit particulate filter.
- No exemption is provided for vehicles used for professional reasons (with the exception of those included in the above list).
- No modification on the engine of your vehicle can modify the Euro standard of the vehicle.