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More detailed information can be found on the website of your local road traffic authority.

Parking facilities can be granted for severely disabled people with exceptional walking difficulties, bilateral amelia or phocomelia or with comparable functional limitations as well as for blind people in the form of an EU parking card ("blue parking permit").

Severely disabled persons who are equivalent to the above-mentioned group of persons (special groups of severely disabled persons) can be granted parking facilities - limited to the federal territory ("orange parking permit").

The parking permit offers various special parking rights, e.g. free parking in parking areas.

The parking permit is personal and may only be used in the presence of the authorized person(s), regardless of the vehicle used.

• You are a severely disabled person with an exceptional walking disability and have a driver's license or
• They belong to one of the following groups of people:
  • blind people;
  • severely disabled persons with bilateral amelia or phocomelia or with comparable functional disorders, whereby the time limits that require the parking disc to be operated do not apply, or
• They belong to one of the following groups of people:
  • severely disabled people with the marks "G" and "B" and a degree of disability of at least 80 for functional disorders of the lower limbs (and lumbar spine, insofar as these affect the ability to walk);
  • severely disabled persons with the marks "G" and "B" and a degree of disability of at least 70 for functional disorders of the lower limbs (and lumbar spine, insofar as these affect the ability to walk) and at the same time a degree of disability of at least 50 for functional disorders of the heart or respiratory organs;
  • severely disabled people suffering from Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, if there is a degree of disability of at least 60;
  • severely disabled people with an artificial anus and at the same time artificial urinary diversion, if there is a degree of disability of at least 70.

• Application (to be requested from the competent authority)

• Copy of severely disabled person's ID card or copy of notification from the pension office
• Copy of identity card
• current photo (only for EU parking permit)

• If applicable, certificate of equality from the pension office
• If applicable, power of attorney or supervisor card

Additional documents may be required.

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The application for an extension of the exemption must be submitted to the locally competent road traffic authority.

The extension can only be applied for from a certain point in time before the expiry of the current parking permit. This varies, so you should inquire about this with your local road traffic authority.

The new permanent exemption is granted for a maximum of five years. It can be revoked.

the road traffic authority of the respective district or the independent or large cities belonging to the district

• Section 46 (1) No. 11 of the Road Traffic Regulations (StVO)
• To § 46 paragraph 1 no. 11 of the General Administrative Regulation on the Road Traffic Regulations (VwV-StVO)
• Decree of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Planning Department 4 – Road Transport – No. 03/2019 of 25 June 2019 (granting of parking facilities for special groups of severely disabled people)

The exemptions are valid for the whole of Germany.

Further information can be found on the website of your local road traffic authority.

Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Planning