Low Emissions Mobility Zones (ZFE-m) are increasing in France. L’argus offers you a map of France of the cities already affected by traffic restrictions for the most polluting vehicles.
Improve air quality by encouraging the circulation of the cleanest vehicles in city centers, this is the mission of the ZFE-m, the Low Emission Mobility Zones. They are multiplying in Europe, where there are 230, and in France. In our territory, 5 cities have implemented this system and six are in the process of doing so. By 2025, there will be 45 EPZs (grouping together agglomerations of more than 150,000 inhabitants) or more than 10 million vehicles affected by traffic restrictions (around 1/3 of the French car fleet).
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Who can enter the EPZs-m?
Traffic in ZFE-m applies to a defined perimeter and according to time slots determined by the communities concerned. To enter an ZFE-m, vehicles must display a Crit’Air sticker (Air Quality Certificate). It classifies cars according to their polluting emissions using a colored pellet. The higher the number displayed, the higher the emission level. This ecological sticker, valid for the life of the vehicle, buy online at the price of € 3.67 (shipping included). On the date of 1er August 2021, nearly 20 million certificates have been ordered.
What is the risk of driving with an unauthorized vehicle?
If you move in an ZFE-m with an unauthorized vehicle, if you do not have your certificate (or if you do not correspond to your vehicle) or if you park in an area without a Crit’Air badge, you will incur a fine of 68 €. The price rises to 135 € for heavy goods vehicles, buses and coaches. This violation can result in the immobilization of the vehicle and its impoundment. From the end of 2021, in the Greater Paris area for example, the control of Crit’Air pellets can be carried out by the police via video-ticket cameras.
Note that there are a large number of vehicles that can claim an exemption such as vintage vehicles, in particular.
Tour de France of ZFE-m
| Metropolises | Cities concerned | Vehicles excluded |
Establishment |
| ZFE Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole | Bresson, Champagnier, Champ-sur-Drac, Claix, Corenc, Échirolles, Eybens, Fontaine, Gières, Grenoble, Jarrie, La Tronche, Meylan, Montchaboud, Noyarey, Poisat, Pont-de-Claix, Quaix-en-Chartreuse, Saint-Égrève, Saint -Martin-d’Hères as well as the Domaine Universitaire, Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux, Sassenage, Seyssinet-Pariset, Seyssins, Varces, Venon, Veurey-Voroise. |
LCV and PL (Crit’Air 4, 5 and unclassified) |
Yes |
| ZFE Metropolis from Lyon |
Almost all of Lyon, the areas of Bron, Vénissieux and Villeurbanne located inside the ring road and Caluire-et-Cuire. |
LCV and PL |
Yes |
| ZFE Paris | Paris |
VL, VUL and PL |
Yes |
| ZFE Métropole du Grand Paris | Alfortville, Antony, Arcueil, Asnières-sur-Seine, Aubervilliers, Bagneux, Bagnolet, Bois-Colombes, Boulogne-Billancourt, Bourg-la-Reine, Cachan, Charenton-le-Pont, Châtenay Malabry, Chaville, Chevilly Larue, Choisy- le-Roi, Clamart, Clichy, Colombes, Courbevoie, Fontenay-sous-Bois, Fresnes, Garches, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Ivry-sur-Seine, Joinville-le-Pont, La Garenne-Colombes, Levallois-Perret, La Courneuve, L’Haÿ-les-Roses, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, L’Île Saint-Denis, Le Plessis Robinson, Le Pré Saint-Gervais, Les Lilas, Malakoff, Marnes-la-Coquette, Meudon, Montreuil, Montrouge, Nanterre , Neuilly-sur-Seine, Nogent-sur-Marne, Noisy-le-Sec, Pantin, Puteaux, Romainville, Rosny-sous-Bois, Rueil-Malmaison, Saint-Cloud, Saint-Denis (and Ile Saint-Denis), Saint-Mandé, Saint-Maurice, Saint-Ouen , Sceaux, Sèvres, Suresnes, Vanves, Vaucresson, Ville-d’Avray, Villejuif, Vitry-sur-Seine, Villeneuve-la-Garenne, Vincennes. |
VL, VUL and PL (Crit’Air 4, 5 and unclassified) |
Yes |
| ZFE Métropole Rouen-Normandie | Rouen, then in 2022: Amfreville-la-Mi-Voie, Bihorel, Bois Guillaume, Bonsecours, Darnétal, Déville-lès-Rouen, Le Grand Quevilly, Le Mesnil Esnard, Le Petit Quevilly, Maromme, Mont-Saint Aignan, Pont Flaubert , Pont Mathilde, Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis, Sotteville-lès-Rouen. |
LCV and PL |
1er July 2021 (LV in 1er July 2022) |
| Reims and Taittinger route (A344) | VL, VUL and PL (Crit’Air 5 and unclassified) |
From 1er September, verbalization in 2022 |
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| ZFE Eurometropolis of Strasbourg |
Achenheim, Bischheim, Blaesheim, Breuschwickersheim, |
VL (Crit’Air 5 and not classified) | 1er January 2022, verbalization in 2023 |
| ZFE Toulouse-Metropole | Toulouse, western ring road, route d’Auch and a small part of Colomiers and Tournefeuille. | LCV and PL (Crit’Air 5 and unclassified) |
September 2021 (LV in 2022) |
| ZFE Toulon-Provence-Mediterranean metropolis |
Carqueiranne, La Crau, La Garde Hyères, Ollioules, Le Pradet, Le Revest-les-Eaux, Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer, Six-Fours-les-Plages, La Seyne-sur-Mer, Toulon, La Valette-du-Var |
LCV and PL (Crit’Air 5 and unclassified) |
1er July 2021, (VP on 1er July 2022) |
| ZFE Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolis |
Marseilles bounded by Prado, Rabatau, Jarret, Plombières and integrates the Euromed zone |
Terms to be specified | |
| ZFE Montpellier-Méditerranée-Métropole | Terms to be specified | Autumn 2021 |
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| ZFE Nice-Côte d’Azur metropolis |
Terms to be specified | ||
| ZFE Saint-Etienne Métropole | Saint-Etienne and its surroundings, delimited by the RN88, the A72 and the RD201. | LCV and PL (unclassified) |
1er January 2022 |
Passenger car = private vehicle,
LCV = light commercial vehicle,
PL = heavy goods vehicles.
And soon …
Other metropolises have started thinking about setting up an EPZ. They are: CA de la Rochelle, CA du Grand Annecy, CA Valence Romans Agglo, CC Cluses-Arve et Montagnes, CC de la Vallée de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, CC Faucigny-Glières, CC Pays du Mont-Blanc , Clermont Auvergne Métropole, CU of Arras, Métropole du Grand Nancy and the European Metropolis of Lille.
CA: Community of agglomerations,
CC: Community of municipalities,
CU: Urban community.
