Crit' Air Sticker for France (1 Viewer)

[Dogstoat]

I just attempted to obtain a Crit' Air sticker for France.

However, when I enter details and specifically the 'date of first registration' details, this is what appears.......

"Your vehicle is too old and does not meet the criteria for the award of an air quality certificate (it therefore emits too many pollutants). We cannot respond to your request."

I have a 'Foster & Day' 2.3 Mercedes diesel motorhome first registered in August 1990.

Will this mean that I am exempt (he said fancifully) or that I am going to get fines wherever I go?

 

[Jim]

This does not mean you can’t drive an older vehicle in France. It only means you can’t drive in any zone with restrictions. If you do, you'll be fined

 

[Lenny HB]

Unfortunately you will get fined if you go into emission zones. Stay away from the big towns and in most cases you will be OK.

 

[Dogstoat]

Roger that...thank you...

 

[nicholsong]

Unfortunately you will get fined if you go into emission zones. Stay away from the big towns and in most cases you will be OK.

Is that correct as only a few emissions zones are permanently active (Paris, Rouen, Grenoble etc.) the others are only active when promulgated so because of high pollution.

I cannot see why one would be fined for not having a Crit'Air sticker if the zone were not promulgated as active.

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[Lenny HB]

Life of the vehicle but I doubt you will be allowed in any clean air zones these days with a "5".

 

[nicholsong]

Life of the vehicle but I doubt you will be allowed in any clean air zones these days with a "5".

Has it not also been re-registered so the sticker no longer pertains to the registration, which would make it invalid.

 

[yodeli]

I just attempted to obtain a Crit' Air sticker for France.

However, when I enter details and specifically the 'date of first registration' details, this is what appears.......

"Your vehicle is too old and does not meet the criteria for the award of an air quality certificate (it therefore emits too many pollutants). We cannot respond to your request."

I have a 'Foster & Day' 2.3 Mercedes diesel motorhome first registered in August 1990.

Will this mean that I am exempt (he said fancifully) or that I am going to get fines wherever I go?

No, not at all. You're just not allowed in all the zones which require a crit'air sticker.
Mine is 1991.
You will have to make your own route with your own homemade map specifying which road or towns you're not allowed on.

 

[nicholsong]

I think the French authorities could overwhelm their own enforcement system, especially in relation to foreign registered vehicle where they have to manually chase details of the owner/driver.

 

[BillandHelen]

Just bought mine online this morning, critair 2, fairly straightforward once I’d worked out how to convert a photo to pdf! Not sure we will need it for our month in June, but just in case.

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[Smudger55]

I am driving to South of Lille on motorway in 2 weeks, which goes "underneath" Lille. Lille requires a crit air sticker but would I need one if driving around Lille? Same goes for any town/city

 

[kev54]

I am driving to South of Lille on motorway in 2 weeks, which goes "underneath" Lille. Lille requires a crit air sticker but would I need one if driving around Lille? Same goes for any town/city

Depends where the limits are, but usually they aren’t outside of the cities (Rouen is a complicated story). Check your SatNav or Google or Waze - they should indicate which roads go through ‘environmental zones’