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Do I need a Crit'Air sticker to drive in the low emission zone in Paris? What type of environmental badge is required in the environmental zone Paris? Please read below.
Required type of Crit'Air sticker in Paris
Crit'Air 5 and better
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Validity of the Paris Low Emission Zone
For buses of category M2 and M3, and lorries of category N2 and N3
- All week 8 am – 8 pm
Passenger cars M1, N1 and motorcycles
- Monday – Friday 8 am – 8 pm
Should you ever visit France in a passenger car, remember that the ecological zones apply to you only during weekdays.
Low Emission Zone Grand Paris
The permanent environmental zone is also in the wider area of Paris.
More information about the Grand Paris environmental zone here.
Penalty
Paris takes the ecological zones very seriously, as evidenced by the penalties, which can be imposed when drivers infringe the obligation to have the environmental sticker on the windscreen. While initially the police only warned drivers, since January 2017 substantial fines have been imposed. If you fail to comply with these rules, you risk a fine of € 68 to € 375 (i.e. approximately £ 62 – £ 320). The sticker has an unlimited validity for your vehicle and you can use it when travelling all over France.
Where to place the Crit’Air environmental sticker?
The environmental badge should be placed in the bottom-right corner of the windscreen.
Map of environmental
zone in Paris
About Green Zone in Paris
Ecological Zones in Paris
Paris was the first city in France to introduce the ecological zones. This is no surprise though, because just as for other European countries, it has always been the capital city that set the example for others to follow.
Paris has previously tried to limit traffic in the city, reduce noise and improve air quality. Since September 2015, all buses and trucks over 3.5 tons with the manufacturing date prior to October 1st, 2001, are banned from entering the city. This ban applies every day, including weekends, from 8 am to 8 pm.
The ban to enter the city was extended in 2016 to all vehicles manufactured before 1997 and motorcycles manufactured before 2000. Such vehicles don’t even reach the sixth standard, the lowest type of the environmental badge. There is a total of six types of environmental badges in France, where only electric vehicles receive the highest type.
You can read more about the types of environmental badges in the section Types of Environmental Badges.
Driving in Paris
Are you going to Paris by car?
From 1. 2. 2017, foreign cars must be marked with the “crit’air” environmental badge. In Paris, the obligation to have the crit’air badge stuck to the windscreen is time-limited, i.e. from Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 20:00. France distinguishes 6 types of badge, with entry to Paris allowed for diesel passenger cars in categories 1 through 4 and gasoline passenger cars in categories 1 through 3. If you fail to comply with these rules, you risk a fine of € 68 to € 375 (i.e. approximately £ 62 – £ 320).
The entire inner part of the city bounded by the bypass “Boulevard Périphérique” falls within the low-emissions zone of Paris.
The Ecological Zones Apply to Foreign Drivers from 1. 2.2017
It is not clear yet how Paris, and France in general, will tighten the implementation of the ecological zones. For example, in Germany it is a common practice that entry to the city is gradually banned to less environmentally friendly vehicles, until only the most environmentally friendly remain permitted. It is likely that there will also be an effort to oust the drivers of older vehicles.
The obligation to have an environmental sticker on the windscreen when entering the ecological zone applies also to foreign vehicles from 1.2.2017, without exception.
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The date of introduction of the low emission zone in Paris
| Date | Measures |
|---|---|
| Since January 2016 | for all types of private cars and motorcycles |
| Since September 2015 | for all buses and trucks over 3.5 tons |
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