Galmés vehicle limitation will not affect temporary workers or residents' rental cars

PalmaThe president of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, has announced that he will bring to an extraordinary plenary session next Friday the law regulating the influx of vehicleswill last until an extraordinary plenary next Friday the law regulating vehicle flow

Galmés has highlighted the visits of the members of the island institution to Eivissa, where the limitation is in force and this year has caused 35,000 fewer vehicles to enter the island. According to the latest load study, last year 400,000 cars entered Mallorca through the port. However, the president of the Council admitted that it will be "impossible" for the norm to come into force this summer. Furthermore, he admitted that for now he does not have the necessary support to approve the text in plenary session: the party with which he governs, Vox, has opposed it frontally, because it demands that all Spaniards be exempt from the limitation. In a press conference, he asked for support from "all parties": "This is a state issue and a unanimous outcry from all Majorcans". MÉS per Mallorca has already shown itself in favor of the initiative.

Numerous exceptions

The proposed regulation by the Council establishes the regulation of entry and stay in Mallorca for motor vehicles through an entry quota. Therefore, anyone wishing to bring a vehicle to the island will have to pay a fee to enter, until the maximum quota of vehicles set by the Council is reached.

However, there are numerous exceptions to this rule. Residents of Mallorca and owners of vehicles that are taxed in the Islands will be exempt from the limitation. Also foreigners who have bought a house on the island, but in this case only one car for each. Rental vehicles owned by individuals or legal entities residing in Mallorca are also exempt.

Also exempt from regulation will be vehicles belonging to residents of Formentera, Menorca, and Ibiza who can prove the need to travel to Mallorca for work or medical reasons. Also exempt will be vehicles owned by residents of Mallorca who are temporarily outside the island and can prove the need to enter it due to medical or family circumstances. Likewise, vehicles used for people with reduced mobility, official cars, vehicles for transporting goods and merchandise, tractors, and excavators.