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Extending parking permits for severely disabled people

  • Service description

    If you have a blue or orange parking permit as a severely disabled person, you can have it extended.

    The parking permit allows you to park in places where this is not normally permitted. Authorised persons can also use the parking concessions if they are a passenger. A driving licence is not required.

    The parking permit together with the written exemption authorisation serves as proof.

    There are two versions of the parking permit.

    Blue parking permit:

    • applies throughout Europe
    • Authorised to park in car parks with a wheelchair symbol

    Orange parking permit:

    • applies nationwide

    Both parking permits authorise you to park at the following locations:

    • in restricted no-parking zones for up to 3 hours; applicants may be authorised a longer parking time for certain no-parking zones. The arrival time must be shown on a parking disc
    • under certain conditions in traffic-calmed areas
    • in car parks for residents for up to 3 hours
    • during loading times in pedestrian zones where loading and unloading is authorised for certain times
    • at parking meters and parking ticket machines without charge and time limit
    • in the area of a no-parking zone, even outside the authorised parking period
    • beyond the authorised time in places where parking time is limited
  • Who should I contact?

    Road traffic authority

  • Prerequisites

    The blue parking permit is issued to the following groups of people:

    • Severely disabled people with an exceptional walking disability, i.e. with the aG i mark
    • Blind people with the Bl mark on their ID card
    • severely disabled people with bilateral amelia or phocomelia, i.e. missing or malformed limbs, or with comparable functional impairments

    The orange parking permit is issued to the following groups of people:

    • severely disabled people with the G and B marks and
      • a degree of disability (GdB) of at least 70 for functional disorders of the lower limbs and lumbar spine alone, insofar as these affect the ability to walk, and
      • simultaneously a GdB of at least 50 for functional disorders of the heart or respiratory organs
    • severely disabled people who suffer from Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis if they have a GdB of at least 60
    • Severely disabled people with an artificial bowel outlet and artificial urinary diversion, if they have a GdB of at least 70
    • Severely disabled persons who are treated as equivalent to the above-mentioned group of persons as determined by a pension doctor
  • What fees are incurred?

    There are no costs.

  • Legal basis

  • Short text

    • Severely disabled people who have a parking permit can have it extended
    • Parking permit allows parking in places where this is not normally permitted
    • Authorised persons can also use parking concessions as a passenger
    • A parking permit together with a written exemption authorisation serves as proof
    • Blue parking permit:
      • applies throughout Europe
      • Authorised to park in car parks with a wheelchair symbol
    • Orange parking permit:
      • applies nationwide
    • b oth parking permits authorise you to park in places where this is not normally permitted
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