I am driving to Germany today and just noticed that I am traveling to a city which requires a so called "Umwelt-plakette" or environmental badge to enter. Normally you need to order them in advance. Is it possible to buy them somewhere while on the road?
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Please add your country. Especially neighbouring European countries (like mine) have companies providing these.– user40521Aug 11, 2016 at 10:03
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1@Jan The question's from 2012 and the user has deleted their account, so you might be waiting a while... :-) but that's a useful piece of information to add– user56reinstatemonica8Aug 11, 2016 at 10:04
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According to Wikipedia you can buy it at various certification agencies (TÜV, DEKRA) and theoretically any auto repair shop that's certified for doing emission tests (though apparently many don't offer this service). You need to show them the vehicle license and registration papers, from which they determine whether your car can get such a badge, and which one.
Here's detailed information in English from a TÜV website, and here are lists of branch offices where you should definitely be able to get the badge:
answered Mar 8, 2012 at 12:53
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It was. I ended up just taking my chances. The penalty is 40 Euro's for not having the umwelt plakette and I was lucky– user141Mar 11, 2012 at 7:14
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I guess that the best thing is still to just buy it on the Internet if you live in a neighboring country.– user141Mar 11, 2012 at 13:14
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3I did get one by just showing up at DEKRA, showing the car's paper, waiting 15 min and paying about 5€ so ordering in advance or making an appointment is not always necessary. It's not as convenient as stopping on a motorway petrol station though.– RelaxedMay 21, 2013 at 15:17
You can order it for various countries from https://umwelt-plakette.de/sprachauswahl_foreignshop.php.
The site has also some details, e.g. for which cities do you need the sticker at all.
