The European parking disc has been mandatory since March 2003.
In a blue zone you must place your parking disc in a visible place on the windscreen of your car. You indicate on this disc when you arrive at your parking space. You can then park for two hours, unless indicated otherwise. An official parking disc in Belgium based on the European model has a blue cover with the text “arrival time” in the three national languages (Dutch, French and German).
blue zone
A blue zone is an area in a city or village where parking is allowed, but where you are not allowed to stay longer than a certain period of time. These zones are intended to prevent motorists from standing in the same place all day, leaving less space for other motorists. Blue zones can be recognized by the blue stripes on the ground or by signs indicating that there is a blue zone.
When you park in a blue zone, it is mandatory in Europe to use a parking disc. This rule is designed to ensure that parking spaces in busy city centers are shared and that there is enough space for all motorists who wish to park.
On arrival you must put the parking disc on the hour or half hour just after the moment of your arrival. For example, if you arrive at 14.35 pm, set the parking disc to 15 pm. If you arrive at 12.55:13 PM, set it to XNUMX:XNUMX PM. Your disc must be clearly visible behind your windscreen so that a parking attendant or a police officer can easily see it.
regulations
Since 2003, the design of the official European parking disc has changed. Before 2003, parking discs were used on which both the arrival time and the end time of the free parking are indicated. Nowadays, only the arrival time is indicated on the parking disc. There are also parking discs that are divided into quarters, but this is not the correct design. If you use a parking card with a quarterly schedule, you can be fined.
