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Pollution stickers become compulsory Although the Crit'Air pollution stickers were introduced last year, new legislation has made it compulsory for car owners to display them in restricted areas.
introduction, other cities have adopted the scheme, such as Grenoble and Lyon. The six different coloured Crit’Air stickers indicate the age and cleanliness of a vehicle, ranging from a level 1 to a level 5 sticker for the most polluting; there is also a green sticker for electric or hydrogen vehicles. Whilst the scheme was met with much fanfare and the threat of fines, there has not been any official legislation making the stickers compulsory, so a driver with a sticker in a zone where their car was currently prohibited would be fined, but a car without a sticker faced no sanction.
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uthorities in France have long been battling car pollution in an attempt to improve the country's air quality, especially in and around Paris. A major move in this fight was the introduction of antipollution stickers which must displayed in vehicle windscreens, allowing authorities to restrict certain vehicles from the roads during times of poor air quality. The Crti'Air sticker scheme initially applied to vehicles travelling inside the capital's périphérique ring road and covered cars, lorries, motorcycles and scooters, but also banned some vehicles from the city during weekdays. Since its
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