Crit'Air sticker or pellet (air quality certificate)
Verified 15 September 2023 - Legal and Administrative Information Directorate (Prime Minister)
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What is the Crit'Air sticker? Which vehicles are involved? What category of Crit'Air vignette to buy? What's the price? How do I apply? We'll show you the rules to know on the Crit'Air vignette.
The Crit'Air vignette specifies the pollution level of the vehicle.
There's 6 thumbnails : the higher the number of the sticker, the more polluted the vehicle.
All vehicles must have a Crit'Air vignette : car, utility, motorcycle, scooter, heavy goods vehicle...
The Crit'Air sticker must be bonding in a manner that visible on the vehicle.
The Crit'Air vignette depends on :
- Type of vehicle : car, lightweight utility, motorcycle, scooter, heavy goods vehicle...
- Type of energy or fuel : electric, diesel, petrol...
- Euro Standard of the vehicle or date of 1re registration
Use the simulator to find out which Crit'Air sticker to buy for your vehicle:
Calculate the Crit'Air category of your vehicle (Crit'Air sticker)
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Car
Hybrid electric car, gas and hydrogen
Class | Thumbnail Color | Type of vehicle | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Electric | Green | Electrical and hydrogen whatever the date | ||
1 | Violet |
| ||
Petrol or diesel car
Class | Pellet Color | Date of 1st registration or Euro standard | |
|---|---|---|---|
Car | |||
Diesel | Petrol | ||
1 | Violet | _ | From 2011 EURO 5 and 6 |
2 | Yellow | From 2011 EURO 5 and 6 | January 2006 to December 2010 EURO 4 |
3 | Orange | EURO 4 Between 2006 and 2010 | January 1997 to December 2005 EURO 2 and 3 |
4 | Bordeaux | Between 2001 and 2005 EURO 3 | - |
5 | Gray | Between 1997 and 2000 EURO 2 | - |
Unclassified | No lozenge | Before 1997 EURO 1 and before | Before 1997 EURO 1 and before |
Lightweight Utility
Hybrid electric light utility, gas and hydrogen
Class | Thumbnail Color | Type of vehicle | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Electric | Green | Electrical and hydrogen whatever the date | ||
1 | Violet |
| ||
Light gasoline or diesel utility
Class | Pellet Color | Date of 1st registration or Euro standard | |
|---|---|---|---|
Light commercial vehicle | |||
Diesel | Petrol | ||
1 | Violet | _ | From 2011 EURO 5 and 6 |
2 | Yellow | From 2011 EURO 5 and 6A | January 2006 to December 2010 EURO 4 |
3 | Orange | January 2006 to December 2010 EURO 4 | October 1997 to December 2005 EURO 2 and 3 |
4 | Bordeaux | Between 2001 and 2005 EURO 3 | - |
5 | Gray | Between 1997 and 2000 EURO 2 | - |
Unclassified | No lozenge | Before October 1997 EURO 1 and before | Before October 1997 EURO 1 and before |
2 wheels, tricycle, motor quadricycle
2 wheels, tricycle, hybrid electric quadricycle, gas or hydrogen
Class | Thumbnail Color | Type of vehicle | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Electric | Green | Electrical and hydrogen whatever the date | ||
1 | Violet | - Gas whatever the date - Plug-in hybrid whatever the date | ||
2 wheels, tricycle, quadricycle petrol or diesel
Class | Pellet Color | Date of 1st registration or Euro standard |
|---|---|---|
2 wheels, tricycle, motor quadricycle | ||
1 | Violet | From 2017 for motorcycles From 2018 for mopeds EURO 4 and 5A |
2 | Yellow | January 2007 to December 2016 for motorcycles January 2007 to December 2017 for mopeds EURO 3 |
3 | Orange | July 2004 to December 2006 EURO 2 |
4 | Bordeaux | June 2000 as at 30 june 2004 No standard of any kind |
5 | Gray | - |
Unclassified | No lozenge | Until 31 May 2000 No standard of any kind |
The price of the Crit'Air vignette is €3.72 shipping costs included for a shipment in France.
There's one Crit'Air sticker per vehicle.
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Vehicle registered in France
On the Internet
The approach is available in English, French and German.
Carte grise The vehicle's Certificate of Registration (C of R) must be up to date.
Otherwise, you must do the change of address before requesting the certificate.
Apply online for a Crit'Air sticker (air quality certificate) for a vehicle registered in France
You can use this online service to find out where your request is.
Carte grise Prepare your vehicle, as you must provide the vehicle registration number.
Follow your request for Crit'Air Vignette
The time for issuing the certificate is approximately 10 days.
In case of difficulties, you can contact the Crit'Air sticker issuing service:
Who shall I contact
- Air Quality Certificate Issuance Service (Crit'Air sticker)
By telephone
0 800 97 00 33 (free from a fixed station)
Open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm
Outside France, please call +33 800 970 033.
By email
Use the contact form.
By mail
Air Quality Certificate Issuance Service
BP 50637
59506 Douai Cedex
By mail
Carte grise The vehicle's Certificate of Registration (C of R) must be up to date.
Otherwise, you must do the change of address before requesting the certificate.
Download the Crit'Air sticker application form.
Carte grise Prepare your person to complete the form.
Once completed and signed, send the form to the national certificate authority.
Attach the payment by check to the orderImprimerie Nationale SA.
Application for Crit'air vignette by mail (air quality certificate)
Who shall I contact
- Air Quality Certificate Issuance Service (Crit'Air sticker)
By telephone
0 800 97 00 33 (free from a fixed station)
Open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm
Outside France, please call +33 800 970 033.
By email
Use the contact form.
By mail
Air Quality Certificate Issuance Service
BP 50637
59506 Douai Cedex
You can use this online service to find out where your request is.
Carte grise Prepare your vehicle, as you must provide the vehicle registration number.
Follow your request for Crit'Air Vignette
The time for issuing the certificate is approximately 10 days.
In case of difficulties, you can contact the Crit'Air sticker issuing service:
Who shall I contact
- Air Quality Certificate Issuance Service (Crit'Air sticker)
By telephone
0 800 97 00 33 (free from a fixed station)
Open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm
Outside France, please call +33 800 970 033.
By email
Use the contact form.
By mail
Air Quality Certificate Issuance Service
BP 50637
59506 Douai Cedex
Foreign registered vehicle
The approach is available in English, French and German.
Carte grise The vehicle's Certificate of Registration (C of R) must be up to date.
Apply online for a Crit'Air sticker (air quality certificate) for a foreign-registered vehicle
FYI
The application for a Crit'Air sticker is only made online for a foreign registered vehicle.
You need to paste the thumbnail front of the vehicle so that it is visible from the outside:
- For a 2 or 3 wheels: on the fork
- For a car, utility, heavy goods vehicle...: inside the vehicle, front visible from the outside, on the lower right part of the windshield
Video: How to affix the Crit'Air sticker (air quality certificate)?
No, a vehicle keeps the same Crit'Air vignette throughout his life.
Once purchased, the sticker remains valid as long as she stays legible.
During a pollution episode, the thumbnail is obligatory for circulate in the event of implementation of the differentiated (alternating) circulation .
FYI
the road signs indicate any reductions in maximum permitted speeds or traffic deviations.
The thumbnail is obligatory for circulate in a low-emission mobility zone (m-EPZ).
However, access to an m-EPZ cannot not be prohibited to vehicles displaying a mobility card inclusion with the mention parking for disabled people.
Consult the Bison Futé app for know the m-EPZs and their movement restrictions :
Example :
In the Metropolis of Greater Paris m-EPZ, light vehicles (PTAC: titleContent ⩽ 3.5 tons) not classified or bearing the Crit'Air 4 or Crit'Air 5 sticker may not circulate from Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., except public holidays. This movement restriction applies to heavy goods vehicles 7 days a week, from 8 am to 8 pm.
Move in a low-emission mobility zone (m-EPZ) with a unauthorized vehicle or without a Crit'Air sticker shall be sanctioned by a fine up to €450.
In general, it is a flat-rate fine of €68.
The same fine is planned if you don't respect the movement restrictions in case of alternating traffic during a pollution episode.
The following vehicles are concerned:
- Passenger car
- 2 or 3 wheels, motor quadricycles
- Lightweight Utility
This offense may result in immobilization of the vehicle and its impoundment.
Calculate the Crit'Air category of your vehicle (Crit'Air sticker)
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
- Air Quality Certificate Issuance Service (Crit'Air sticker)
By telephone
0 800 97 00 33 (free from a fixed station)
Open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm
Outside France, please call +33 800 970 033.
By email
Use the contact form.
By mail
Air Quality Certificate Issuance Service
BP 50637
59506 Douai Cedex
- Highway Code: Articles R318-1 to R318-10Air quality certificate (Article R318-2)
- Highway Code: Articles R411-17 to R411-24Pollution-related traffic restrictions (Articles R411-19 and R411-19-1)
- General code for local and regional authorities: Articles L2213-1 to L2213-6-1Pollution-related traffic rules (Articles L2213-2, L2213-4, L2213-4-1, L2213-4-2)
- General code for local and regional authorities: Articles R2213-1-0-1 to D2213-1-0-5Exceptions to the ban on access to the m-EPZ
- Environment Code: Articles L223-1 to L223-2Emergency measures in the event of an episode of pollution
- Environmental Code: Articles R221-1 to D221-3Monitoring of ambient air quality
- Environmental Code: Articles R221-4 to R221-8Information on ambient air quality
- Environmental Code: Articles R223-1 to R223-5Emergency measures in the event of an episode of pollution
- Environment Code: Articles R224-15 to D224-15-13Low emission vehicle (item D224-15-11), very low emission vehicle (item D224-15-12)
- Order of 22 December 2021 establishing the lists of agglomerations for which air quality measures are implemented
- Order of 27 July 2021 relating to the testing of a signaling system in a low-emission mobility zone (m-EPZ) in the Greater Reims urban community
- Order of 29 June 2016 on the procedures for issuing and affixing air quality certificates
- Order of 21 June 2016 establishing the classification of vehicles classified according to their level of emission of air pollutants
- Order of 7 April 2016 on the triggering of prefectural procedures in case of episodes of ambient air pollution
- Ministerial response of 13 July 2021 on exemptions for private vehicles in the territory of an m-EPZ
- Calculate the Crit'Air category of your vehicle (Crit'Air sticker)
Simulator
- Apply online for a Crit'Air sticker (air quality certificate) for a vehicle registered in France
Online service
- Apply online for a Crit'Air sticker (air quality certificate) for a foreign-registered vehicle
Online service
- Application for Crit'air vignette by mail (air quality certificate)
Form
- Follow your request for Crit'Air Vignette
Online service
- Smart Bison: Reviewing Low Emission Zones (m-EPZ) and Traffic Restrictions (Crit'Air Vignettes Allowed)
Search tools
- Check the air quality map near you
Online service
- Consult the map of air quality in France
Online service
- Atmospheric vigilance map: check the measures implemented in your department
Online service
- The site of the delivery of the Crit'air vignetteMinistry of the Environment
- How to affix your certificate (vehicle with or without windshield)?Ministry of the Environment
- PREV'AIR: Air in France today and tomorrowMinistry of the Environment
- Airparif - air pollution in Île-de-FranceMinistry of the Environment
- Metropolis of Greater Paris Low Emission ZoneCity of Paris
- I'm changing my carMinistry of the Environment