Critair??????? (1 Viewer)

[chaser]

Does anyone know how these work, are the French exempt? Been sitting here in st maxime watching traffic go past, if they are round things with numbers in , I haven't seen a French motor with one but every German, Dutch., and Swiss seem to have one with a 4 in and just seen an English mh with one.
What's it all about?

 

[Deleted member 29692]

It's a clean air zone scheme. It only applies to certain areas at the moment - Paris, Lyon, Lille and Grenoble - which is why you haven't seen many where you are.

No the French aren't exempt and the scheme is likely to expand to more areas and cities. I suppose foreigners are more likely to do it than a local who knows they're unlikely to get within 100 miles of a zone.

It's a one off €4.80 payment so it's one of those things that you might as well get and be done with it.

There are more details and you can apply for it here: https://www.certificat-air.gouv.fr/en/demande All you need to do is fill in a form and upload a scan of your V5.

 

[tboy]

do you need one for each city in the scheme in germany, friend said you do .cannot be right ?.
terry

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[The Wino]

If you get one make sure its the proper website I heard there were a few "privately run " ones that charge more.

 

[Deleted member 29692]

do you need one for each city in the scheme in germany, friend said you do .cannot be right ?.
terry

No you don't.

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[Anthea M]

We had a German one and a French one on our previous van it lasts the life of the van as has the registration on!but the dealer took them off the windscreen to sell it!!!
Chaser we try to avoid cities in France but got one incase we had to go into one for an emergency ! Need to get one for the new van now!!

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[chaser]

Yeah it's ok, probably get one ourselves next time, just a bit confusing not seeing one French motor with one in and yet didn't see a German one without one and there were loads of them, but as you say we dont intend getting within a 100 miles of a city so should be ok.

 

[jongood]

The chances of getting caught in germany are slim. They are not enforced by camera only by a policeman happening to catch you in the wrong zone. As most of us set the gps for the nearest stellplatz or campsite and would avoid city centres this is most unlikely.

I got one for the last mh but havent bothered with the new one and in 6 years visting at least once per year havent had a problem.

The french one - I've also yet to see a French vehicle with one and I'm in france again.

 

[chaser]

The chances of getting caught in germany are slim. They are not enforced by camera only by a policeman happening to catch you in the wrong zone. As most of us set the gps for the nearest stellplatz or campsite and would avoid city centres this is most unlikely.

I got one for the last mh but havent bothered with the new one and in 6 years visting at least once per year havent had a problem.

The french one - I've also yet to see a French vehicle with one and I'm in france again.

So these in German cars, are they for Germany not France?

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[jongood]

The solid green ones with a 4 are the most common and they re german. I had to google the critair ones to see what they look like.

 

[Lenny HB]

Seen quiet a few French vans with them on but not that many as a percentage.