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Car labelling directive: what it means for dealers in 33 countries

One EU directive, 33 national laws, each with its own label, scale and advertising rules. Vehicle Hub knows them country by country and checks every car against the market it is sold in.

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Car labelling directive: what it means for dealers in 33 countries

The car labelling directive, Directive 1999/94/EC, makes every dealer who sells new passenger cars in the EU show the official fuel consumption and CO2 emissions: on a label at the car, on a poster in the showroom and in printed advertising. It is a directive, not a regulation, so no dealer applies it directly. Each country wrote its own law, with its own label, its own class scale and its own wording, and added rules of its own on prices and on financing ads. Countries outside the EU, from the United Kingdom and Switzerland to Norway, Türkiye, Serbia and North Macedonia, have their own label rules on the same pattern. Vehicle Hub follows each national law as a rule set of its own, for 33 countries, and checks every car against the rules of the market it is sold in.

These are the countries and their main label rule:

Each country page lists every rule there one by one, with the authority behind it, shows what Vehicle Hub prints for that country and lists the mandatory details a dealer has to give. A replacement for the directive, proposal COM(2025) 995 with classes A to G for the whole EU, is still in the legislative process; until a new regulation is adopted and applies, the national laws stay in force. How Vehicle Hub checks the details before a car goes online is shown on the page about mandatory information for car dealers, and the Vehicle Hub widgets put the same details on your website.

Vehicle Hub knows the rules of 33 countries

Every country has its own label, advertising and financing rules. Pick a country to see them one by one.

What you get

  • 33 countries, each with its own rule set

    Germany is not Austria and Belgium is not France. Vehicle Hub keeps one rule set per country, with the national label, the national scale and the national wording, and updates it when a law changes.

  • Checked before the car goes online

    A car whose required values are missing for its market is held back or flagged, depending on what the country's law says, so an incomplete advert does not reach your website by accident.

  • The label each country asks for

    Vehicle Hub prints the national label as a PDF where the country lets dealers create it, and says so plainly where an official tool has to make it, as in Switzerland, Ireland or Portugal.

  • One car, several markets

    Every branch has a main market and can sell in further markets. The same car is checked against each of them, so a dealer near a border sees what is missing for the other side.

  • Financing ads by country

    The financing example follows the credit advertising law of the market: representative example, warnings where a country requires them, and the maximum rates some countries set.

  • Documents in the market's language

    Labels, exposés and price signs come out in the official language of the market, with the fuel named by the term the law or the trade uses there.

See your country's rules in your own stock

Set your branch's market, import a few cars and open one. Vehicle Hub shows which values your country asks for and what is still missing.

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How to get started

  1. Choose the main market of each branch

    Open Vehicle Hub in your KIMISUITE workspace and set the country each branch sells in. Add further markets if you also sell abroad.

  2. Bring in your stock

    Import from mobile.de, your dealer system or a CSV or XML feed, or add cars with the creation assistant.

  3. Fill in what your country asks for

    Vehicle Hub asks only for the values the market's law needs, shows the efficiency class while you type and lists what a complete label still lacks.

  4. Print and publish

    Print the label, exposé or price sign of your country and publish the car on your website with the same values.

Pricing

All 33 country rule sets are part of Vehicle Hub, which starts at a fixed monthly price (see pricing) per dealership workspace. There is no extra charge per country and no charge per printed label.

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Is it the right fit?

A good fit if

  • Car dealers in any of the 33 countries who print labels and price signs by hand today
  • Dealers with branches or buyers in more than one country
  • Dealer groups that want the same rules applied the same way in every branch
  • Dealers who want their website to show the same values as the label at the car

Not the right fit if

  • Dealers in countries that are not on the list yet; Vehicle Hub offers only markets whose rules it has checked
  • Dealers who want Vehicle Hub to publish their cars on marketplaces; it imports stock and runs your own website, it does not post to portals
  • Anyone looking for legal advice on a specific case; Vehicle Hub applies the rules, your association or lawyer answers questions about them

Frequently asked questions

What is the car labelling directive?

It is Directive 1999/94/EC. It requires that the official fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of new passenger cars are shown to buyers: on a label at the car, in a guide, on a poster at the point of sale and in printed advertising. Each EU country put it into its own law.

Does the directive apply directly to my dealership?

No. A directive binds the member states, and the dealer follows the national law that implements it, for example the Pkw-EnVKV in Germany or Royal Decree 837/2002 in Spain. That is why the details differ from country to country.

Which countries does Vehicle Hub support?

33 countries: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Malta, Greece, Cyprus, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Türkiye, Serbia and North Macedonia. Each has its own page with all its rules.

Is the directive being replaced?

The European Commission proposed a regulation in December 2025, COM(2025) 995, with A to G classes for the whole EU. It is still in the legislative process. Until a new regulation is adopted and applies, the national laws stay in force, and Vehicle Hub follows them.

Do countries outside the EU have similar rules?

Yes, in their own laws. The United Kingdom, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Türkiye, Serbia and North Macedonia all require consumption and CO2 information for new cars, each in its own form. Their pages explain the details.

Can one branch sell in several countries?

Yes. A branch has one main market and can add further markets. Vehicle Hub checks each car against every market the branch serves and shows what is missing for each of them.

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