Sign E4: Parking facility; indicates a place where

Legal meaning

Parking facility.

Source: RVV 1990 annex 1 · checked 2026-10-23

Shape and colour

Blue square sign with a white P: parking facility; without a plate open to everyone.

Where the sign stands

At the start of the parking strip or car park, on the side of the bays.

Supplementary plates with this sign

Sub-panel: arrows point left and right, both sides apply. OB504 — Supplementary plate with arrows to the lower left and lower right: the sign applies on both sides, in both directions along the road.

What the exam asks about this sign

The exam asks whether parking here is compulsory: no, it is allowed, and the sign can mark a facility where a zone ban does not apply. More important: a plate or symbol often restricts who may use it (disabled, electric cars, permit holders). Trap: candidates think E4 without a plate also allows stopping on the carriageway beside it; it covers the bays only.

Exam question on this sign

About Under-signs: explanation, restriction, exemption and distance: which statement is WRONG?

If an under-sign at E4 through E8, E12 or E13 shows days or hours, the orders/prohibitions apply ONLY during those days or hours — outside that window the ban does not apply.
'500 m' (no arrows) = applies over 500 metres from here; '↑500 m↑' (with arrows) = applies for the coming 500 metres — two different applications of the same number, not synonyms.
'uitgezonderd' + symbol = the sign does NOT apply to that group (exemption); a bare symbol without 'uitgezonderd' restricts the sign TO that group instead.
An under-sign with a symbol applies on its own, even if the main sign above it has been removed or is illegible.

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Correct answer: An under-sign with a symbol applies on its own, even if the main sign above it has been removed or is illegible.

An under-sign contains a further explanation OF THE TRAFFIC SIGN; without a main sign an under-sign has no independent effect

Why learners get this wrong: If an under-sign at an E-parking sign shows days and hours, the parking ban still applies all week — the under-sign is just extra information.

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Often confused with

No parking E1 — Red bar through the circle: parking forbidden.
Parking reserved for disabled drivers with a valid permit. E6 — P with wheelchair: disabled only.
Parking facility reserved only for permit holders E9 — P with permit: permit holders only.

Sign E4: Parking facility; indicates a place where parking is allowed