Crit air sticker
Hi getting ready to drive out from uk through France to Spain. I read you need a crit air sticker. Any advice on website to apply and is it easy
Many thanks Christine
Hi getting ready to drive out from uk through France to Spain. I read you need a crit air sticker. Any advice on website to apply and is it easy
Many thanks Christine
The official one
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2023 7:36pm
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Two questions. First, do the recently introduced Spanish car air quality stickers substitute for the French ones? Knowing the French, I guess not.
Secondly, the only zone I'm likely to cross in the near future is Bordeaux, and even then only around the ring motorway on my way north. Am I right to assume a sticker is not required to go around the motorway?
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You cannot use a Spanish emission sticker in France. You can, however, use a French one in Spain (good old joined up EU).
You cannot get a Spanish emission sticker for a foreign plated car in Spain. You can in France (joined up again).
Bordeaux has a webpage on the zones but states it is only effective within the ring road.
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2023 8:09pm
Herefordjack wrote on Sat Oct 14, 2023 7:36pm:
Two questions. First, do the recently introduced Spanish car air quality stickers substitute for the French ones? Knowing the French, I guess not.
Secondly, the only zone I'm likely to cross in the near future is Bordeaux, and even then only around the ring motorway on my way north. Am I right to assume a sticker is not required to go around the motorway?...
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If I'm right from the journey we did last year the only place you needed an air crit was travelling through Rouen. (I did not apply for one I found out too late to apply for it) ….. there are signs saying you are entering a crit air area. We also travelled around Bordeaux and I assumed you did not need one as not travelling into the city. I did not see any signs.
I purchased a sticker through the official site that Marcliff mentions (be careful to avoid scam websites that charge large sums for one, they only cost a few euros). I was driving through Rouen so need one but the sticker comes in handy for the future as I use different routes through France.
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