The Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the TSJA partially upholds an appeal filed by Vox against Málaga City's Mobility Ordinance, published in November 2024. The primary accepted argument is that the differentiation between vehicles registered in Málaga and those not registered elsewhere violates the principle of free movement, freedom of enterprise, and market unity.
The court states that mere residency registration cannot be the sole criterion for establishing circulation privileges, and that ordinances discriminating against non-residents or companies not based in the municipality must have a proportionate and environmentally imperative technical justification. In this case, such justification has not been proven.
Consequently, Title II Chapter I of the Mobility Ordinance concerning the ZBE is annulled. The Málaga City Council now has 30 days to file an appeal for cassation before the Supreme Court.
Other allegations by Vox, such as the lack of reports on the impact on families or the insufficiency of the environmental and budgetary reports, were rejected by the Andalusian high court.
Since the ZBE's sanctioning regime came into effect, approximately 12,000 fines were issued to vehicles without an environmental sticker coming from outside the municipality. The infraction carried a fine of 200 euros, reduced to 100 euros for prompt payment.




