Ghent LEZ and car-free zones registration, rules and fines

The Euro standard and the fuel decide. A Euro 6 or Euro 5 diesel enters freely. A Euro 4 diesel enters after payment. A Euro 3, Euro 2, Euro 1 or older diesel takes a day pass.

A petrol, LPG, CNG or LNG vehicle in Euro 6, 5, 4, 3 or 2 enters freely. Euro 1 and older take a day pass. A gas vehicle must have been converted from a petrol engine. If the Euro standard is not on the registration certificate, the date of first registration decides. The category is in field J.

Motorcycles and mopeds are not in the LEZ. Electric and hydrogen cars are not in it either, except that a foreign plate of this type still registers. Category T tractors over 130 kW follow a separate timetable: do not apply it to a car. A less powerful tractor is allowed with no conditions until 1 January 2029, then it must be phase V, and it registers free of charge.

A Belgian plate that already has free access needs no action. A foreign plate always registers before entering the LEZ, even when the car is allowed.

A Dutch plate does not register. A car that is not allowed, or a foreign plate that is not registered, receives the fine.

The LEZ does not give you the right to drive on a street closed to cars. The sign on the spot decides.

The Flemish government will assess air quality in 2027 and will then decide whether to tighten the LEZ. That assessment is not a ban already voted. The absence of a fine this year does not open the zone to a car that is outside the access rules.

The fine is 185 €. It is issued only once a day. The letter arrives by post, with the notice.

A Dutch plate does not register. The other foreign plates do. A car that is not allowed gets the same fine.