EMEL
Published 5 November 2026, 03:36
EMEL (Lisbon: the city's parking and urban mobility company)
A company owned by Lisbon City Council that runs paid on-street parking zones, underground car parks, towing and the GIRA city bikes. Its staff issue parking tickets in Lisbon.
Where you come across it. Paying for parking in Lisbon, a resident's parking permit (dístico), a towed car, a ticket under the windscreen wiper.
EMEL itself does not rule on traffic offences: decisions are made by Lisbon City Council or ANSR, and that is where you send an objection; the address is given in the notice itself. If you send it to EMEL, the company promises to forward it, but you will lose time.
Official website: emel.pt