Do I need a Crit'Air Sticker for Driving in France and What Are They !!
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France have a Low Emission Zone system which requires all vehicles, motorhomes, cars, motorbikes plus commercial vehicles, travelling in the Zones to display a Crit'Air windscreen sticker. The zones are in a number of French cities and towns and more are planned.
This is a brief guide to the application process we went through to obtain our windscreen sticker which will hopefully be helpful to some of you planning your trips to France :))
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Thank you for sharing this information safe travels 😊
You're very welcome Andre and our thanks for watching :)
Thank you for this information. Helped us enormously when applying for the crit air certificate. Keep up your brilliant channe🙏👍
Many thanks indeed Andrew, much appreciated and very glad it helped. 🎉😁
You did a fantastic job explaining the process; the best that I came upon.
Many thanks indeed for that Outlier - much appreciated and thanks for watching 😁🚌
Really helpful guide through the Crit' Air procedure. Thanks so much.
You’re very welcome Rob - glad it was useful 😁👍
@@motorhomingadventures . I've completed it all but one section.Cannot get my CO data shown on the V5 document to fit into the format on the Crit'Air Document. My V5 states in V1 that the CO is 0.399 g/km. The document won't accept the dec point ! Any ideas !! ?
@@robnicholson4942 Morning Rob - sorry I missed your reply last night. I had exactly the same with both the van and the scooter I've just applied for last week!! I put the figure in without - so in your case 399. As you say the form doesn't accept decimal points.
I think the V5 scanned copy that we send with it allows them to visually check.
I didn't get any questions back about that as the classification looks more at your Euro number not the gms figure in reality.
In Austria, for the toll motorways, I had to follow up with a copy of the Certificate of Conformity that showed 'Euro 6' - as the V5 didn't show that (weirdly!) and I hadn't taken the CofC with me on the road!! France however didn't ask for any follow up and just sent Crit Air 2 as we're a Euro 6.
(PS: Don't go over the 'upload limit' for your scanned copy as the website will just kick you oout of the form without explaining that fact. I photographed the pages and then resized with Desktop resize tools to keep under 800kbs total)
PPS: A further edit - the email above yours this morning was French Crit Air authorities acknowledging that my scooter one has gone through ok with the gms figure done in the way I describe above Rob - CritAir 1 sticker en route! :) )
Hope that helps ! :)
Thank you, great video, very clear
Many thanks Mark, much appreciated and glad it makes sense :))
Very helpful thank you!
You’re very welcome Claire and thanks for watching and for your comment 😁🚌
Thank you ... this was so useful in helping us get our Crit'Air Certificates.
You’re very welcome Lindsay and thank you for the feedback which is much appreciated 😁🚌
Thanks for this extremely helpful
You’re very welcome Jarvid and thanks for watching 🙂
Thank you for a very useful video
Many thanks for that Fabienne - really glad it was useful and thanks for watching :)
Massive help here! I'm planning on driving soon to France and the process is complicated to say the least when looking at different websites. Typically, I found out about the too late to get the sticker but have applied and knowing that the confirmation email etc will be enough puts the mind at ease. Thanks again!
You’re very welcome Tom and much appreciated 😃
Have a fabbb time when you travel and thanks for watching 😃🚌
Hello, I am also too late to apply and receive the actual sticker in the post. How confident are you that the confirmation email alone is sufficient?
@user-xw4ri6jx5i I'll be honest, I didn't end up traveling through a low emissions zone in the end but I rarely saw a police car whilst I was there. Went to St Malo and then around 150km to a place just past Vitre
Thank you for this very helpful video, which made applying really easy.
Particularly explaining the 'proof' to upload, for which there was no guidance on the website (none I could find).
It's all gone swimmingly so far, I have email confirmation, so just need to wait for the sticker.
Many thanks for that NJ2 - glad it helped - exciting times as travel sounds like it’s approaching - while you’re waiting catch up with our current France/Spain series 😁😁☀️☀️☀️🚌
Thanx for your explanation🙏it's a shame you didn't film how you got the sticker out! - even the official vid is not that clear - just gonna have to have a fiddle and hope for the best😂
That made me laugh Belinda and you are spot on with that observation!!
There’s probably and advanced qualification available and a 6 week course to learn that 😂😂
Many thanks for watching 👍🚌
i just took a pic of the front top half in red and the sticker has arrived
Fantastic and thanks for watching 👍🚌😀
very useful information, thanks for that. BTW, you show your address in the video on the V5 just in case you did not know.
Many thanks for watching WCC and thanks for your note. There’s a LOT of security in and around the van!!
Glad the info was useful 😀👍
Got mine for the car and the motorcycle. Received it in two weeks. Our letter was in English.
Excellent Marcus and bon voyage if you’re travelling soon 😁
Many thanks for watching 👍☀️🚌
Thanks for the explanation. On the back of the round sticker is a square clear plastic piece - must that be removed (leaving only the round disc) or must that be left on the windscreen?
Many thanks Allan and I've linked to a film below - it's in French but hopefully the visuals will assist you :) You reverse it for motorbikes etc as you'll see in that film - let me know if you need more guidance :)
antipollutionzones.com/critair-sticker-position-guide/
Very useful. Got mine. I think the instruction to fix the sticker on the right is based on a LH drive vehicle. Do you think it would be a problem to put it on the left where the old road tax sticker used to go?
Many thanks John and glad it was useful.
I think the RHS positioning is more about where it might be scanned or viewed from - be it by a roadside detection camera or a physical person on an inspection point (more the former I expect) Therefore to swap might interfere with that process. It doesn’t obstruct view on the RHS at all albeit I may not be correct with the above assumptions!! 😁🚌
Thank you so much for making this video. We will be going to Germany next month and renting a car from Munich Airport. I only found out that we need this sticker to drive into France recently. I emailed the rental company and was told that the renter is responsible for getting this sticker even though I am not the car owner and therefore have no access to all this information you mentioned. They said they can only know which car they’ll give me the day before collection. I guess that means I can only apply after that. I’m glad that the email confirmation can be used as proof that I’ve applied because my plan is to drive to Strasbourg three days after I arrive in Munich. By the time the sticker arrives, I will have left Europe and gone back to my country😅. My question is what address do I put in the application? The rental car company’s? They are of no use and basically just told me I’m on my own😢
Morning Penny and many thanks indeed for watching and for your feedback.
I would put on the Hire Company's address as they will 'inherit' the sticker once you return the car. The sticker remains with the car for life (or until it is illegible!!). You could ask the hire company if they would be willing to refund the 3 or 4 pounds but you might not get a willing response!! I don't think you can get a refund once you return the car as it's a one time purchase.
I think if you added your own address any future CritAir misdemeanours with that car would end up through your letter box and that could last for years!!
For further info - another good site for checking IF you need a CritAir is
urbanaccessregulations.eu/
And another good blog for the process is on this link Penny :
www.beerandcroissants.com/critair-stickers-france-complete-guide-to-clean-air-stickers/#zfe-list
Hope that helps and Bon voyage !! :)
@@motorhomingadventures Wow thank you so much for your speedy and detailed reply! I’m so glad I found your video because I was already considering whether I should just cancel the trip to Strasbourg because nobody was able to give me a definitive answer. My Air BnB host in Strasbourg even told me I don’t need one and said the information in the link I sent him is fake information😆 I’ll put in the rental company’s address then. I don’t think they’ll give me any refund. I asked if they could just order on my behalf and add the cost to my final invoice. They said no😓😪. Anyway, your video has been very helpful and dissuaded me from cancelling the trip since it’s actually not that complicated to apply for the sticker. Thanks!
You're very welcome Penny :)
Hi Guys, great vlog 👌. but i need a bit of help ,i'm trying to fill in the crit air sticker form & a particular field to fill in is MARK , what is this asking, any help would be very welcome. ta mike.
Hi Razor and thanks for that. Yes I agree it wasn’t very clear - I re-entered my Registration mark in there as Europe sometimes uses that term and it went through ok. All the other vehicle identifying detail was in other questions, plus the upload of the V5 at the end, so they seemed to accept my interpretation of that!!
Hope that helps 😁
Something else with the website i noticed: the diesel emissions section wont accept decimal points. Best i got was entering 0.11 as 011.
Thanks for watching and yes there were some clunky parts to the process but once done it’s there for good fortunately!! 😁🚌
I have this problem. My old van says 0.399 g/km . How did you get round it ?
@@robnicholson4942 as above Rob on your original comment - sorry for the delayed response :)
Hi I'm following your instructions in this video, which are great but where do you get the euro standard from?
Thanks
Hi Catherine,
It is often on your V5 registration document. Euro 6 began around 2015 as a guide. 😁
It wasn't in the V5 hence my question but we've sorted it now so thank you very much your vlog was great 😊
@@catherinenixon5799 you’re very welcome and thank you for watching 😁☀️🚌
Useful info! The Crit air application thing is a nuisance. The website demands you upload a pdf or jpg proof which is less than 2Mb in size.Thats tricky if you have a two page scanned V5. People are encouraged - by the website - to go online and find compression serices - which seems to me to be very insecure way to administer your v5 details.
Many thanks for watching and for your feedback. There certainly are a few challenges in the process, I agree. Yes reducing photo size is difficult without home resources. I was pleased it was a once only job!! 🚌👍
Tks for your video. It's a trap in Italy. Each city has its own permission. Even Waze doesn't know where restrictions are. It's horrible and easy way for them to make money.
I’ll have to remember that Carlos - thanks for the warning!!
And thanks for watching 😁👍
Hi there. Does my car registration address have to be the same as my delivery address? Im not in the UK at the moment.
Now I haven’t been asked that before so can’t say for definite what the answer would be - don’t want to give bad advice - sorry 😞☀️🚌
@@motorhomingadventures no worries. Thank you for your speedy response. All the best and happy travels
Hi thanks for the video , I’ve ordered my sticker 4 weeks ago , I’ve had the email with certificate but no sticker yet , how long did it take to arrive ??
Hi Phil and you’re very welcome. Thanks for watching 😁
For us it was 13 days before arrival but as you’ve got your email you’re in the system and it maybe a combination of postal strikes, border delays and goodness knows what, that has caused the delays - fingers crossed it appears very soon 🤞👍🚌
@@motorhomingadventures Hi! Thanks for the video and your answers! We are planning our trip from Ukraine and we obviously can’t wait for the sticker to arrive by mail to Ukraine. Will those printed papers sent by email after application be sufficient to not get into trouble in France? We’re not planning to stay in France (we’ll just go through), do we still need the sticker if we’ll drive at night? Is the sticker mandatory only for entering the cities?
@@zhekalis86 Hi and yes if you have the printed papers that is the proof you have applied so will be fine. Only a few cities need the CritAir sticker at the moment so for the majority of France you won't need a sticker at all. If you went through a CritAir city at night you WOULD STILL need the sticker. The French transport ministry has a map which shows which cities have the Low Emission Zones and the boundaries around the city so you can plan exactly how to avoid them if you wanted to. Remember for most of France you won't need the sticker :) Have an amazing trip :))
@@motorhomingadventures thank you for your very quick response!:)
Is it the same process for Switzerland and Itally?
Thanks for watching Sean - sadly they are all different so I checked the current cities that run the scheme and avoided them which is easy enough still!! We do most of our travelling in France so got that one as we’re often close to, or in, their zones with the van or Peggy our 300cc scooter.
Hope that helps and it is still fairly easy to avoid the zones in ALL countries which means you don’t need to get any of them!!
You are very kind. Guess you are Irish or Scottish? I don't think you are from England
Thanks for watching Ray and I’m a bit of everything! Irish grandparent, lived in Scotland, born in England and now live in Wales 😁😁👍
it's all sad brexitland
Video on how to fix the sticker on a vehicle windscreen and the different procedure to motorbike. It MUST be on the inside lower right windscreen and once applied, do not attempt to re-position it! (However, if you make a mess of things, you can repeat the application procedure and for another princely sum they'll send another one to you.)
ttps://th-cam.com/video/xWd0N_ip9EI/w-d-xo.html
Awesome 😂👍