The coaches that provide the following transits and services are exempt from paying the Passes and are not obliged to display them on their windscreens:

l) Coaches with passengers whose destination or origin locations are Venice Marco Polo Airport only for flight boarding or landing, and using only the motorway system, the A4 Airport connecting link road – SS 14, and the section of the SS 14 between the junction of the Airport link-road and the junction of the road access system that affords direct access to the airport, without crossing other parts of the ZTL BUS area;
m) Empty coaches, limited to those that have their own garage within the ZTL BUS area, without the option of travelling to Venice via Ponte della Libertà.
n) School coaches taking students from the Venice City Council or students of outlying municipalities who attend schools within the Venice City Council;
o) Coaches used for public urban and non-urban transport in timetabled services, except for those used in seasonal timetabled services (touring and commercial coaches) authorised by Regional Law No. 25/98, Art.4 sub-section 4 lett. B) and C), which have to pay the exemption pass (see Exemptions List);
p) Buses operating atypical services authorised pursuant to Regional Law 46/94, including those of a commercial nature pursuant to Regional Law 25/98:

-Used exclusively for the transport of workers or for connections to shopping centres, authorised by the Municipality of Venice;

-Used exclusively for the transport of workers or for connections to shopping centres located within the territory of the Municipality of Venice, authorised by the Metropolitan City of Venice exclusively for the transport of passengers resident in the Municipality of Venice;

-Minibuses operating atypical services authorised by the Municipality of Venice pursuant to Regional Law 46/94, limited to those contractually providing transport to and from tourist accommodation facilities within the municipal territory;

q) Minibuses owned by of the hotels within the municipal area of Venice for their own transport purposes.
r) buses used exclusively for the transport of passengers with disabilities with disabilities, provided they possess appropriate documentation certifying the disability and/or, if citizens of European Union Member States, hold a Disability Card, as well as an accompanying person where the need for accompaniment is documented by appropriate certification or where the Card bears the marking "A" (accompanying person).
s) Buses registered under Art. 138 of Legislative Decree No. 285 of 30 April 1992 "Nuovo codice della strada" (“New highway code”);

These categories must notify their number plates to the ZTL BUS Office according to the procedures laid down by AVM.

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