Fines should quickly start falling in low-emission zones.

On Tuesday, the government sketched out the principle of automated controls to penalize excessively polluting vehicles by the second half of 2024, in order to guarantee air quality in urban areas.

Low Emission Zones (ZFE, or ZFEm) “are a necessity for ecological and public health reasons”, insisted Minister Delegate for Transport Clément Beaune.

Currently, 11 cities have already put in place restrictions for polluting vehicles, including Paris and the inner suburbs where Crit'Air 4 and 5 theoretically no longer have the right to drive.

So far, no sanctions have been taken.

"We must do our utmost to ensure that automated sanction control is developed as quickly as possible", insisted Clément Beaune, calling for controls to be carried out in the meantime.

Gates or cameras to identify offenders?

Will there be gates or cameras to carry out automated checks?

The Minister of Ecological Transition Christophe Béchu assures that the "technical characteristics of the selected projects will be presented when they are known".

Offenders will face a class 3 fine, i.e. a fixed fine of 68 euros, said the Ministry of Ecological Transition.

“The announcement by the government of the introduction of automated sanctions (…) is late.

Dont act ”, reacted the association Urban France, which represents the big cities and metropolises.

“The state has wasted time,” she lamented.

“We have been talking about ZFEs for nine years and nine years that we know that they are essential for our fellow citizens and in particular for the poorest”, recalled the deputy mayor of Paris, David Belliard.

Public Health France estimates that each year 40,000 deaths are linked to fine particles.

“There is a lack of political will, each month of delay means more deaths”, thundered David Belliard, calling for the implementation of controls as quickly as possible but also for support measures for the poorest households. more modest.

By 2025, 43 agglomerations of at least 150,000 inhabitants will be affected.

While local authorities are free to decide on the timing and scope of the restrictions, a gradual timetable for traffic bans is clearly planned for cities that exceed European air quality thresholds.


To improve air quality, the @gouvernementFR is planning several measures, such as the deployment of low mobility #ZFE-m zones in 43 cities by 2025 👇@ChristopheBechu @CBeaune

– Ministries Ecology Energy Territories (@Ecologie_Gouv) October 25, 2022

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Aid to “green” vehicles

As of January 1, 2023, Crit'Air 5 vehicles (diesel vehicles produced before 2001) will be prohibited there.

On January 1, 2024, it will be the turn of the Crit'Air 4 (diesel before 2006) then the Crit'Air 3 (diesel before 2011 and petrol before 2006) on January 1, 2025.

To enable households to adapt, the government provides aid for the greening of vehicles.

As announced by Emmanuel Macron at the Paris Motor Show, the ecological bonus for the purchase of an electric vehicle will be increased from 6,000 to 7,000 euros for half of the poorest French people.

The conversion bonus, which can go up to 5,000 euros, will be increased by 1,000 euros for the inhabitants of ZFEs.

Finally, the development of the zero-rate loan of up to 30,000 euros for the purchase of a new vehicle or leasing at 100 euros per month for an electric car from 2024, are also part of the aid put on the table. .

“Together, all of these systems represent an incomparable effort in Europe, insisted Clément Beaune.

It is 1.2 billion that will be devoted to the greening of vehicles in 2023”.

Beware of “unbearable constraints”

The ZFE monitoring committee also announced the launch of a “maritime ZFE working group” to take into account the pollution produced by maritime activity in cities such as Marseille and La Rochelle.



As a result of these announcements, the postponement of the permanent ban on Crit'Air 3 vehicles from July 2023 to 2024 in Île-de-France will be submitted to the vote of the metropolitan council, Patrick Ollier, president of the Metropolis, told AFP. of Greater Paris.

"It will be necessary to postpone it so that people can have an additional year to be able to change vehicles," he said, saying he was "happy with these announcements", while judging "reasonable not to put people facing unbearable constraints.

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