After the vehicles without sticker and the Crit’Air 5, it is the turn of vehicles with Crit’Air 4 sticker that will be excluded from the streets of Grenoble, Lyon and Strasbourg from January 1. In fact, these three metropolises have decided to tighten the regulations in force in their respective low emissions zones (ZFE).
We remind you that the Crit’Air 4 sticker corresponds to diesel passenger cars and utility vehicles registered between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 2005, and two-wheeled vehicles registered between June 1, 2000 and December 30. June 2004, according to Government data.
No more Crit’Air 4 but Lyon delays the rest
Therefore, starting January 1, these Crit’Air 4 vehicles will be prohibited in Greater Lyon. Even more polluting, Crit’Air 5 vehicles (diesel registered before 2001) have already been banned there since the beginning of 2023. The application since 2020 of the Lyon EPZ has not been carried out without tensions, crystallizing here as elsewhere the debate about its effects. for the most modest motorists, in the midst of a purchasing power crisis, due to the cost of less polluting, hybrid and electric vehicles.
In June, the metropolis of Lyon had to reduce its perimeter expansion project. Thus, it postponed the ban on Crit’Air 2 vehicles (all diesel and gasoline before 2011), initially scheduled for January 1, 2026. The latter will finally be able to circulate until January 1, 2028.
Crit’Air banned during the week in Grenoble
Grenoble and twelve municipalities in its metropolis will also ban the Crit’Air 4 from January 1, a measure that will take effect from Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Crit’Air 5 had already been banned there since July.
However, exceptions will be possible, reports Grenoble Metropolis, in particular for people working staggered hours, merchants or even collection vehicles. A six-month “educational” period is also planned, without verbalization.
The end of pedagogy in Strasbourg
In the Eurometropolis of Strasbourg (33 municipalities), Crit’Air 4 vehicles have also been under a so-called “educational” regime for a year, but in turn they will be excluded from the sector on January 1, just like the Crit’ Air 5. banned from early 2023.
Eleven EPZs in mainland France
To date, eleven metropolises have started implementing EPZs, each with its own schedule: Aix-Marseille, Grenoble, Lyon, Montpellier, Nice, Paris, Reims, Rouen, Saint-Etienne, Strasbourg, Toulon. Its creations arise from the mobility orientation law (LOM) of 2019.
The law provides for a generalization in France of these areas by 2025 in the 43 urban areas with more than 150,000 inhabitants. Every year, air pollution causes around 40,000 premature deaths, according to Public Health France (2021) and “also causes a series of chronic conditions and diseases (cardiovascular diseases, asthma, etc.)”, recalls the site of the metropolis of Lyon .
Source: BFM TV
