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Driving in France? You might need a sticker ??

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 5:22 pm
by colintf
Just found this on another MG Forum

"France has introduced some restrictions on vehicles in some cities etc. Travel in these areas is controlled by vehicles having the correct sticker which costs 3.70 euros plus postage on the official government website.
However, it seems that, just like in the UK when applying for an EHIC, passport etc some people have set up official looking sites to grab your money, one site I have seen charges just under 30 euros for the sticker. Presumably, you put your info into one of these sites and then they put it in to the government site and make a fortune."

The French government site is:

https://www.certificat-air.gouv.fr/en/demande-ext/cgu

Thought I should share this but I've not seen any defined list of where one is required 8-)

Re: Driving in France? You might need a sticker ??

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 6:37 pm
by Mykel
Here you go, Col: French environmental zones map. But as you said, don't buy the sticker there, the related shop is one of the scam sites you mentioned above.

Why can't we have one single sticker for all of Europe, with - for example - just a "D4" for a Euro 4 diesel or "P3" for a Euro 3 petrol car? Probably too simple.

Re: Driving in France? You might need a sticker ??

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 7:10 pm
by colintf
Mykel wrote:Here you go, Col: French environmental zones map. But as you said, don't buy the sticker there, the related shop is one of the scam sites you mentioned above.

Why can't we have one single sticker for all of Europe, with - for example - just a "D4" for a Euro 4 diesel or "P3" for a Euro 3 petrol car? Probably too simple.
Danke Mykel :thumbsu:

Re: Driving in France? You might need a sticker ??

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 10:13 pm
by talkingcars
Thanks for bringing this up, we will be driving up from Spain in the summer (sailing from the UK to Bilbao on the way out) so will need to be shopping.

Re: Driving in France? You might need a sticker ??

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:15 am
by Neil Rushton
If we've to get anymore country specific stickers it'll be an MOT failure for to many stickers in the windscreen :lol:

Re: Driving in France? You might need a sticker ??

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 1:08 pm
by colintf
Neil Rushton wrote:If we've to get anymore country specific stickers it'll be an MOT failure for to many stickers in the windscreen :lol:
Indeed it will Neil :(

Re: Driving in France? You might need a sticker ??

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 4:49 pm
by talkingcars
Neil Rushton wrote:If we've to get anymore country specific stickers it'll be an MOT failure for to many stickers in the windscreen :lol:
I've already got two Swizz motorway carnets on there............

Re: Driving in France? You might need a sticker ??

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:36 am
by Neil Rushton
& if Brexit ever happens(& im not convinced it will!!)God knows what we'll need to have then :lol:

Re: Driving in France? You might need a sticker ??

Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 6:29 pm
by Reckless Rat
The "Crit'Air" stickers are only for the centres of Paris, Lyon and Grenoble. Motorway traffic is unaffected.

After Brexit you'll probably need an International Driver's Licence and a Green card for your Insurance, but for the time being you're OK.