Crit'air

[1] Crit'Air covers all road vehicles, including motorcycles, quad bikes, private cars, vans, trucks, coaches and buses.

Under the Law on Energy Transition for Green Growth, local councils are allowed to provide benefits only to less polluting vehicles, and vignettes enable them to be identified.

The vignettes can be ordered online for payment of a small fee, currently €3.67 including postage,[2] after submission of a copy of the vehicle registration certificate for verification of the emissions class.

Many online third party sellers also provide a different interface to order Crit'Air vignettes for a higher price, typically €20-30.

In a zone de protection de l'air (ZPA), which tends to be significantly larger than the ZCR zones, traffic is only restricted by public announcement at times of high air pollution; and all vehicles must display a vignette at those times.