French CritAir Vignette

Jamsdad
Jamsdad Forum Participant Posts: 275
edited June 2019 in Overseas Campsites & Touring #1

The current heat wave in France is leading to a number of cities to enforce restrictions on vehicles entering city centre zones to those carrying the CrtAir Vignetes in categories 1,2 and 3. This means you need to have a vignette and if you have a polluting vehicle ( old diesels  for instance, in categories 4 and 5), you can drive in to the city centre for the next few days.  I dont know the full extent of this but certainly Marseille and I think Paris are enforcing this, and probably other cities will follow suit.

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  • iansoady
    iansoady Club Member Posts: 419 ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019 #2

    Yes, noted this - apparently also Lyon and maybe others. Although I think you meant "can't" not "can".....

  • Tigi
    Tigi Forum Participant Posts: 1,038
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    edited June 2019 #3

    See the Green Zones App into which you can enter your own vehicle and the map will show where any restrictions that apply to your vehicle. Currently for a Criti Air Badge 2 there are warnings in place for possible restrictions in the next few days. GERMANY is littered with cities in which even a Euro 6 cannot be driven.

  • KeithandMargaret
    KeithandMargaret Forum Participant Posts: 660
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    edited June 2019 #4

    Thanks for that Tigi.

    I've put the Green Zone App on my tablet and I now know where and when my Pilote is allowed in any of the 31 Zones across France.

    Or any other country I might visit.

    Very helpful.

    laughing

  • iansoady
    iansoady Club Member Posts: 419 ✭✭✭
    edited July 2019 #5

    I can't seem to find this app on the play store.....

  • Tigi
    Tigi Forum Participant Posts: 1,038
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    edited July 2019 #6

    Just enter "green zones" in the play store  search box comes up first in line

  • iansoady
    iansoady Club Member Posts: 419 ✭✭✭
    edited July 2019 #7

    Tried that but no success. Probably my phone's operating system is too old......

    As an aside, I did see some very negative reviews of the app (on the web site) - mostly from people who'd used it to buy a crit air sticker and felt ripped off.

  • Tigi
    Tigi Forum Participant Posts: 1,038
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    edited July 2019 #8

    For anyone looking to buy a badge only use the government page the current cost is £3.85 after currency conversion and my latest last week arrived in two weeks from applying.

    www.certificat-air.gouv.fr/en

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