The fine for entering a zone without a sticker
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Pick the city, vehicle and day: the calculator shows whether that trip would be an offence and which amount the catalogue sets.
Fine for this trip
€100
No, entry not allowed
| Offence | BKatV Nr. 153 |
| Penalty points | 0 |
| Standard fine | €100 |
Fine Catalogue Ordinance, annex, no. 153 (signs 270.1, 270.2) · FeV annex 13
Driving into a low-emission zone when your vehicle carries neither the required sticker nor an exemption is a regulatory offence. The federal fine catalogue sets a standard fine of €100 for it under entry no. 153; the offence reads, roughly: taking part in traffic subject to a ban to reduce harmful air pollution, signs 270.1 and 270.2 of the Road Traffic Regulations. There is no penalty point in the Flensburg register, because annex 13 of the Driving Licence Ordinance does not list entry 153. The offence is committed as soon as the vehicle is driven in the zone; someone found parked inside can also be fined, because they drove in first. Some official websites, including those of North Rhine-Westphalia and the city of Bremen, still quote 80 euros; that was the earlier standard amount. What counts is the current annex to the Fine Catalogue Ordinance, which we read on 29 October 2026. Ignoring a diesel ban is fined under the same catalogue.
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What the fine catalogue says
| Offence | Standard fine | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Taking part in traffic subject to a ban to reduce harmful air pollution (signs 270.1, 270.2) | €100 | 0 |
Signs 270.1 (start of a restricted zone) and 270.2 (end) are set out in annex 2 of the StVO. The plate below shows which stickers are allowed in; for years that has been green only in every active zone. The legal basis of the bans is section 40(1) of the Federal Immission Control Act.
80 or 100 euros?
Ministry and city websites often still say 80 euros, for instance the North Rhine-Westphalia Environment Ministry and the city of Bremen. Those pages were not updated after the increase. The calculator uses the amount in the ordinance, not the one on information pages.
When no fine is due
The trip is not banned if the vehicle is covered by an exemption, such as a classic car with an H plate, a motorcycle or, since October 2026, an electric car with an e-plate, or if the zone had already been lifted on that day. Foreign vehicles face the same amount; whether it is enforced in the home country depends on agreements between the states.