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Photo by Alessio Corradini, on the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, of two locals

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Photo by Alessio Corradini,
on the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia,
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Old 23 Jul 2022
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French Clean Air Certificate

Does anyone have any knowledge or experience of the Clean Air Sticker required in France?
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Here are three links that should provide you with the necessary information:

Official Government of France Clean Air Certificate Information for vehicles registered outside of France

French Tourism (France.fr)

Royal Auto Club - UK

Lastly, here is a link to a website that explains what cities require a clean air certificate to be displayed:

Anti-Pollution Zones in France

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I've bought two of them in the last 12 months - one for each of our main cars. They're easy to buy on line, with an English version of the site if you don't speak French. They're cheap but they do take a little while to arrive - each one of ours took around 3 weeks, and that was sending them to an address in France so it might be even longer if they have to be sent 'abroad'.

We bought them because we travel through Grenoble a lot, and that's one of the early adopter cities. However - I've never seen any evidence of anyone inspecting them. I've driven through Grenoble in all sorts of weather conditions in recent years and its never been an issue. That's not to say it's a waste of time and I might have just been lucky but our stickers are currently residing in the car glove boxes, not on the windscreen, so if anybody is checking them, old UK tax disc style, they've not checked ours.
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I bought one for my bike, just keeps everything simple in case I need to travel through a Crit'Air zone. It's easy and not expensive.
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