Crit'Air sticker and 2023 rule changes

[rod_vw]

In 2023, several French cities will tighten their traffic rules in their low emission zones (ZFE). Eleven cities will ban vehicles classified as Crit'Air 5, or even Crit'Air 4 for some of them.

In France, diesel & petrol vehicles are increasingly subject to traffic restrictions . Each vehicle must display a “Crit'Air” sticker indicating its category of greenhouse gas emissions. The category goes from 0 to 6 depending on the year of production of the vehicle and the type of fuel used. “0” ‘vignettes’ are assigned to electric or hydrogen vehicles, whilst “5” stickers are granted to diesel vehicles registered between 1997 and 2000. Go to the 'Useful Info' page for more info or you can check in which category your vehicle falls by doing an online simulation on the government website.

Compulsory for driving in town , Crit'Air vignettes are also essential during pollution peaks . More recently, we have seen the appearance of Low Emission Zones (ZFE) in most major French cities. These are areas (generally town centres) where car traffic is limited and reserved for the least polluting vehicles . According to the regulations, it is the highest Crit'Air who do not have the right of way. This is to reduce the circulation of the most polluting vehicles, in order to protect air quality and the well-being of local residents. For this year, 2023, the municipalities that will be changing their regulations are:

• Metropolis of Lyon : ban on Crit'Air 5 vehicles. The system of fines (€68) begins on January 1 , 2023.
• Greater Paris : ban on Crit'Air 4. Crit'Air 3 will be banned on July 1 , 2023.
• Grenoble : ban on Crit'Air 5
• Marseille : ban on Crit'Air 5. Crit'Air 4 will be banned on September 1 , 2023.
• Montpellier : ban on Crit'Air 5
• Nice : ban on Crit'Air 5
• Reims : ban on Crit'Air 4
• Rouen : ban on Crit'Air 5
• Saint-Étienne : ban on Crit'Air 5
• Strasbourg : ban on Crit'Air 5
• Toulouse : ban on Crit'Air 4

For more info please visit the linked websites in the above text.

 

[stevee2]

Hi
Looking at the crit air application form they want to know category of vehicle & the emissions ? Can’t see either on my V5 ? Is there somewhere else to look ?

 

[Lenny HB]

Hi
Looking at the crit air application form they want to know category of vehicle & the emissions ? Can’t see either on my V5 ? Is there somewhere else to look ?

They will just use the date of registration.
However it will be on your Certicate of Conformity.

 

[stevee2]

Ok thanks for that

 

[EuroTrotters]

we are 3, 3, 3 and 2

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[stevee2]

Me being dense the numbers don’t mean anything to me
My Motorhome is a 2016 Fiat Ducato 2.3 150 BHP Burstner .

 

[rod_vw]

Me being dense the numbers don’t mean anything to me
My Motorhome is a 2016 Fiat Ducato 2.3 150 BHP Burstner .

Use the link https://www.certificat-air.gouv.fr/ and run your vehicle through on there, we are 'Light Commercial' in their eyes.

 

[stevee2]

Thanks for the information

 

[Orion]

2022 Euro 6 Ducato here with Crit’Air 4. Banned from Greater Paris and Marseille? No loss there then! Reims and Toulouse, not so sure but no problem.

EDIT: Ignore the above it was the German Umwelt sticker with the 4 on it I was looking at. Crit’Air is a 2.

 

[rb62]

2022 Euro 6 Ducato here with Crit’Air 4. Banned from Greater Paris and Marseille? No loss there then! Reims and Toulouse, not so sure but no problem.

That makes no sense,we're 2016 Euro 5+, 5.3 t and Crit'air 2

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[Orion]

That makes no sense,we're 2016 Euro 5+, 5.3 t and Crit'air 2

Oops! Thanks for that - I ‘d just glanced at the windscreen and saw a big 4 on the sticker, but it was the German Umwelt one, doh! You are of course correct - yellow Crit’Air 2 for France.

 

[stevee2]

I ran the Moho details through the web checker & came up cat 2 so all good , how long are they valid for ? .

 

[Thornebt]

I think they are valid for the life of the vehicle - or until the French decide it will be replaced by a new scheme.

 

[stevee2]

 

[royandsharont]

Life

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[stevee2]

A bargain at just over 4 euros

 

[Bobbydaisy]

Ran my 2021 Ducato Euro 6 (PVC) as a Light Commercial, came out as a 2

 

[Bobbydaisy]

Anybody got a link for the German one ?
Do you need similar for the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg?

 

[Orion]

Anybody got a link for the German one ?
Do you need similar for the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg?

Follow the links from here.

It’s the Berlin Environmental Office but valid throughout Germany.

 

[Stealaway]

Me being dense the numbers don’t mean anything to me
My Motorhome is a 2016 Fiat Ducato 2.3 150 BHP Burstner .

I would guess it's Euro5 but check

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[Steve and Denise]

Well it’s our first year of having to drive through France and found it to be hard work, as nobody knows the speed limits
With abit of luck we will sail past it next year, as I personally don’t really enjoy the place, just a nessasary thing you have to do to get where you want to be.
Others may have different ideas, but I for one would prefer to bypass

 

[rod_vw]

Well it’s our first year of having to drive through France and found it to be hard work, as nobody knows the speed limits
With abit of luck we will sail past it next year, as I personally don’t really enjoy the place, just a nessasary thing you have to do to get where you want to be.
Others may have different ideas, but I for one would prefer to bypass

I can but disagree, we find France one of the most relaxing places to drive BUT you must get clear of the cities and major routes.

 

[Verteuil Man]

The Crit'Air standards are like other LEZ and ULEZ areas around Europe based on the emission level of your engine and not the size and weight of the vehicle. The latest level of engine emission is Euro 6.

"The Euro 6 emission standard sets a legal requirement for a car manufacturer to average CO2 emissions below 98g/km.

The Euro 6 standard particularly focuses on restricting diesel NOx emissions, which along with particulate matter (PM), are considered some of the most hazardous emissions."

By banning or restricting the high polluting vehicles in the big towns and cities it will clean the air which hangs in-between the buildings.

I think we have all seen older vehicles belching out big plumes of black smoke that are not really fit to be on the road, but there will also be the "vintage" vehicle like heritage motorhomes that will be affected. The problem with this type of law as it is to broad a brush that captures too many grey areas. For sure there will be exemptions. Will the MOD have to comply even though they have Crown Immunity? Will all the bus and coach companies be given a free pass.

Sorry I got carried away.

 

[Bobbydaisy]

Follow the links from here.

It’s the Berlin Environmental Office but valid throughout Germany.

Cheers , thanks very much

 

[Kayak Kid]

I have lost count how many times I have tried to enter the photo of my registration document to my online application for the Crit Air certificate. The file size is a max of 2 MB but no matter how much I compress it below that, it will not accept it.
Any ideas anyone.

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[Verteuil Man]

I have lost count how many times I have tried to enter the photo of my registration document to my online application for the Crit Air certificate. The file size is a max of 2 MB but no matter how much I compress it below that, it will not accept it.
Any ideas anyone.

I scanned mine with a computer in black and white. I have also heard people recommend converting the photo file to a .pdf document.

 

[Bobbydaisy]

Paste photo into PowerPoint if you have it on your computer and save as a PDF

 

[Kayak Kid]

Thanks folks - I will gives those ideas a go!

 

[TDub49]

I scanned mine with a computer in black and white. I have also heard people recommend converting the photo file to a .pdf document.

Thanks folks - I will gives those ideas a go!

Hopefully you have this sorted by now but just curious as to which browser you were using? On the Crit Air site there is a list of supported browsers and it appears that they mean what they say - I couldn't upload the scan of my V5 on my version of Safari but it went with no problem when i logged in through Firefox.

 

[Two Rivers]

What about my 70 year old Velocette, it seems it’s allowed in LEZ of the UK, France??

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