France: Air Quality Certificate for Paris, now operative.

[Slushbox]

The French CRIT'air site is now open to register your car if you're visiting Paris. Les Anglais will need a good scan of the V5 - the first inside page, and €4.80 or so for postage to UK. Debit cards only.

Also the VIN number, CO output in G/KM and detailed model of your car

All fairly painless. English web page here:

https://www.certificat-air.gouv.fr/en/

Edited by Slushbox on Wednesday 1st February 18:51

[King Herald]

I bought a diesel Mondeo a month ago. Was pleasantly surprised to pay the tax online and be billed £30......and assumed it was because it was 'save the planet' material.

Now I'm hearing the exact opposite, diesels are heinous works of the devil..... apparently banned/due to be banned in some cities. I heard London and Paris are two of those cities.


At 75mpg gently cruising it seems like a good choice for large European miles though.

[Slushbox]

^^^ Same here. Bought a zero VED diesel estate mile muncher, with Euro6 and stop/start for Euro travel.

Costs are mounting; €4.80 for a CRIT'air, ten thousand pounds an hour to park in Westminster... (I made that up), upsides are 65 mpg and a 700 mile range.

We diesel drivers are now the spawn of Satan. I'm hoping for a Grade 1 CRIT'air tag. Perhaps Westminster should have considered the French scheme instead of taxing parked diesels. :-)

• Also noted today; CRIT'air vignettes now apply in Paris, Lyon and Grenoble. Strasbourg and many others 'to follow.'

Edited by Slushbox on Thursday 2nd February 11:36

[Glasgow Kelie]

Dear Slushbox. RE: French Air Certificate! how did you manage to get your attachment of V5 doc down to 200kb. I seem to have a problem getting a scan down to this size Presently 720kb. Any help gratefully received. Thanks

[King Herald]

Use some basic photo editing program, that comes free with Windows etc. etc.

[philip600]

Hi,

Myself & some friends are going an a driving holiday in June / July which may involve driving through Grenoble & Lyon. I've had a look at the website but not sure where I stand with my 2004 TVR Cerbera Speed 6 or our Friends 1993 TVR Griffith ?
The Co2 emissions is not listed on my V5 ?
I'm also at a bit of a loss how having a sticker in the window of my car will help with lowering emissions in their cities ??

Regards, Phil.

[King Herald]

Probably because you have to pay for it?

As with all the 'green' fad agendas, the only solid thing that comes out of them is that money goes to governments. Everything else is airy fairy lala land rhetoric and promises.

[malcolm1sim]

Hi All,

I to am having trouble resizing a file
down to 220 kb. I can do it but you
cannot read it at that resolution.

Any help much appreciated.

Thank You.

[King Herald]

malcolm1sim said:

Hi All,

I to am having trouble resizing a file
down to 220 kb. I can do it but you
cannot read it at that resolution.

Any help much appreciated.

Thank You.

Super lurker! 1 post after 44 months membership......and it is about picture resizing, on a diesel thread.

I'm sure there is a prize available of some sort.

[malcolm1sim]

Hi KH,

Super lurker, nicest name I have been called in many a year.
And there has been a few of those!
A regular reader but rarely post as you say.

That said, thread did start off on French Crt'Air
certificates and that was what I was alluding to.

Anyway thanks very much for noticing.

Cheers.

Malcolm

Ps I do run a diesel

[RedAndy]

I'm driving to France (disneyland) but not into Paris itself - do i still need to have the sticker? the wording is ambiguous.

[davidpstock]

Unless you are driving into Paris itself-pretty much inside the ring road, the Boulevard Périphérique- you don't need a certificate.

[King Herald]

I was just about to ask that question. I was on the peripherique a year or so ago, with the wife and daughter, wife was navigating, we had no map, gps didn't work..... we were heading to Versailles.

Not the best planned weekend in France I have ever had.........

[audidoody]

I'm guessing that one of these stickers is NOT required if driving through Lyon on the Auto Route Du Soleil and not stopping.

[threespires]

As I read it, cars pre 1997 cannot get a Certificate thus are banned in Paris etc.
Am I correct?

[SeptimusFry]

Just to be clear:

You need the certificate to enter the towns affected, Paris, Lyon. etc... a list which may change as time goes by. This means that ring-roads like the Paris Peripherique does NOT require the certificate.

In time, the certificate will be used to restrict access to certain times of day, days of week, calendar dates (like the entire period around July 14th). Under those restrictions, 'dirty' cars will be banned and relatively cleaner cars will have access.

The cost of the sticker is around 8.5€ (incl.post), and does not require any annual or other renewal. In terms of cost of ownership, it is equivalent to a few litres of fuel. UK drivers should consider the expense of NOT having a sticker when some unforeseen event, or a change of plans, means that you want to drive into the city. The police are equipped with auto recognition systems and will fine you 68€ with great civility and no flexibility. "Sorry, Officer, it's in the post" may work in UK, but not in France and especially not after the Brexit referendum !!

Denbigh - living in Brittany.

Edited by SeptimusFry on Thursday 13th April 10:32

[charliemcmann]

Hi all,

Would anyone know if I need this if we're driving through Paris solely on a weekend?

I'll be staying for 24 hours, arriving at 12:00 Saturday and leaving 12:00 Sunday. It seems like the restrictions don't apply on the weekends, does that mean I still need the sticker?

Will probably get it just in case to be honest, the £4 obviously isn't a problem, it's more the bother of scanning my V5 in and sending it!

Thanks in advance,
CM

[Targarama]

OK, so we just decided to drive to central Paris this weekend (flights, train expensive). I don't have a Crit-Air. I just ordered one online and printed out the receipts. How likely am I to get relieved of 68 Euros by les flics?

I plan to park in an underground carpark once there and will be driving 'in' on Friday morning and coming back on Sunday morning.

[Deesee]

Targarama said:

OK, so we just decided to drive to central Paris this weekend (flights, train expensive). I don't have a Crit-Air. I just ordered one online and printed out the receipts. How likely am I to get relieved of 68 Euros by les flics?

I plan to park in an underground carpark once there and will be driving 'in' on Friday morning and coming back on Sunday morning.

Have a look at the park and rides, and get the RER in, pretty sure the zone is inside the perherique (sp)!

[irocfan]

SeptimusFry said:

Edited by SeptimusFry on Thursday 13th April 10:32

just out of curiosity where would you stand on non-european car with that (eg 2003 Mustang Cobra/2003 Japanese market specific model/etc)?