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Owners (users) of non-Danish vehicles, that are first registered before the current date limits, are required to register before driving into a low emission zone. Failing to do so can result in a penalty.

When do I need to register a van, lorry, bus or a car?

If you have a vehicle that does not meet the date requirements in the table below, you must register the vehicle with documentation for particulate filter/euronorm.

Description	First registration date	At least Euronorm
Passenger car	1^stJanuary 2011 or later to drive legally from 1^st October 2023	5
Van weighing up to 3.5 tonnes	1^st January 2012 or later to drive legally from 1^st July 2022	5
Van weighing up to 3.5 tonnes	1^st September 2016 or later to drive legally from 1^st July 2023	5
Lorry over 3.5 tonnes	1^st January 2015 or later to drive legally	VI
Bus over 3.5 tonnes and more than nine seats including the driver	1^st January 2015 or later to drive legally	VI

Vehicles registered abroad, which are more than 30 years old do not have to be registered.

Does your vehicle meet the requirements?

See here whether your vehicle complies with the low emission zone rules and can drive legally in the low emission zones

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How to register your vehicle

The registration must be made no later than the day of entering the low emission zone. The registration is valid for five years.

Required information when registering your vehicle

When registering, the following documentation is required:

Name and address of the owner (user) of the vehicle
Name of the person making the registration, if different from the above
The vehicle’s registration number and country of registration
Information of the vehicle’s make, model and category
The date of the vehicle’s first registration
The vehicle’s Euronorm
Whether the vehicle has a factory-fitted or retrofitted particulate filter

When registering, the following documentation must also be attached:

A copy of the vehicle’s registration certificate
Documenation of the vehicle’s Euronorm, if this does not appear on the registration certificate
A declaration from an expert company or authority of the factory-fitted or retrofitted particulate filter. The declaration must be issued no later than 18 months prior to the registration for vans, lorries and buses. The declaration must be written in Danish, Norweigan, Swedish, English, German or French

Penalty

If you fail to register your vehicle with particulate filter, along with the required documentation mentioned below, you will be charged a penalty of DKK 1,000.

Vehicles that do not meet the date requirements and do not have a particulate filter/meet the euronorm requirements do not have access to the low emission zones, and will be charged a penalty of DKK 1,500 for vans and cars, and DKK 12,500 for lorries and buses.

For more information of the registration obligation for foreign vehicles in relation to the Danish low emission zones, see:

Executive Order no. 396 of 22/03/2022 on requirements for diesel-powered lorries, buses and vans in municipally determined the low emission zones, etc.