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The\u00a0Council of State is very critical of the Flemish plans to abolish the tightening of low-emission zones from 2026.\u00a0<\/span>According to the Council's advice, which Belga was able to view, the intervention entails a \"significant deterioration\" in health and the environment. <\/span><\/p>

The original plan was to further tighten the rules from 2026 onward, meaning that owners of older Euro 5 diesel cars would no longer be allowed into the LEZ zones in Antwerp and Ghent. But in September, the Flemish government scrapped this planned tightening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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The\u00a0Council of State is very critical of the Flemish plans to abolish the tightening of low-emission zones from 2026.\u00a0According to the Council’s advice, which Belga was able to view, the intervention entails a “significant deterioration” in health and the environment. The original plan was to further tighten the rules from 2026 onward, meaning that owners […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":177121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[77170,29,25,7,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-belgium","category-environment","category-legislation","category-mobility","category-top-stories-today"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2025-10-28-om-10.12.44.png?fit=750%2C513&ssl=1",750,513,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2025-10-28-om-10.12.44.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2025-10-28-om-10.12.44.png?fit=300%2C205&ssl=1",300,205,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2025-10-28-om-10.12.44.png?fit=640%2C438&ssl=1",640,438,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2025-10-28-om-10.12.44.png?fit=640%2C438&ssl=1",640,438,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2025-10-28-om-10.12.44.png?fit=750%2C513&ssl=1",750,513,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2025-10-28-om-10.12.44.png?fit=750%2C513&ssl=1",750,513,true],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2025-10-28-om-10.12.44.png?fit=18%2C12&ssl=1",18,12,true],"related-thumb":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2025-10-28-om-10.12.44.png?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1",640,480,true],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2025-10-28-om-10.12.44.png?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1",300,300,true],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2025-10-28-om-10.12.44.png?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1",400,400,true],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2025-10-28-om-10.12.44.png?resize=600%2C513&ssl=1",600,513,true],"mailchimp":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2025-10-28-om-10.12.44.png?fit=560%2C383&ssl=1",560,383,true],"unipress-phone":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2025-10-28-om-10.12.44.png?resize=640%2C100&ssl=1",640,100,true],"unipress-tablet":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2025-10-28-om-10.12.44.png?resize=750%2C240&ssl=1",750,240,true],"unipress-tablet-portrait":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2025-10-28-om-10.12.44.png?resize=750%2C180&ssl=1",750,180,true],"unipress-tablet-landscape":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2025-10-28-om-10.12.44.png?resize=750%2C180&ssl=1",750,180,true],"unipress-smartphone":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2025-10-28-om-10.12.44.png?resize=750%2C168&ssl=1",750,168,true],"unipress-wide-screen":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2025-10-28-om-10.12.44.png?resize=750%2C180&ssl=1",750,180,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"

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