Already from March 1, 2007 on, vehicle restrictions in environmental green zones can be issued in cities and local districts in Germany. The requirement is that they were specially marked as being green zones by the city or municipality.
The areas especially threatened by fine particulate matter must be marked as "environmental green zones" with the sign 270.1. The obligatory additional sign then regulates which vehicles with which colour of environmental badges are allowed access into this area. The sign 270.2 rescinds the environmental green zone.
Vehicles without environmental badge may not pass through the green zone, otherwise a penalty of 40,00 € and a penalty point in Flensburg impend, even if the vehicle would be allowed to pass through the zone based on its emission value. This is also valid for all vehicles registered in foreign countries, like cars, trucks, and busses, as well as for business travellers and for tourists. For this reason it is recommended that all drivers to inform themselves about the environmental badges, and to purchase it on time, if they wish to enter one of the increasing number of green zones during the next months and years after January 1, 2008.
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Climate Company® is an enterprise within the GEMB group. The group supports activities for Climate Protection. Climate Company® runs the addresses www.umwelt-plakette.de and www.green-zones.eu in order to inform the public about the subjects particulate matter, Emissions, Environment with regard to ever increasing restrictions in the field of traffic in Germany and in Europe.
The information regarding low emission zones (green zones) in German cities is provided from German official offices only in an insufficient manner. Therefore Climate Company® gives this information under its addresses free of charge. Costs will be covered by means of selling Environmental badges obligatory for green zones in Germany to private persons and to enterprises. Climate Company® also is running the address www.climate-company.de which informs about climate change, climate protection and CO2-free driving of cars (so called CO2-compensation).
In addition the GEMB group comprises Emissionshändler.com® under the address www.emissionshaendler.com. This is a trading enterprise for trading CO2-emission-rights according to the Kyoto protocol. This trading is performed for power plants and industrial enterprises at the European energy bourses.
All activities in Eastern Europe regarding emission trading and support of CO2-free biomass are being handled via www.handel-emisjami.pl and www.handel-biomasa.pl.
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