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New year, changes to make. As of January 1, 2025, the ZFE (low emissions zone) will be set up in Le Havre.

This perimeter, where pollution should be less, will extendu Havre in Sainte-Adresse, to the southern end of Octeville-sur-Mer (route de la Chesnaie) as well as a street on Fontaine-la-Mallet (rue Louis Lumière). And above all, it will include an important obligation: the vignette Crit’air.

What will this sticker be used for?

Affixed to the windshield, this sticker is used to identify the degree of pollution of the vehicle depending on its age, engine type and fuel used. They are classified from 1 to 5 “according to their polluting emissions of fine particles and nitrogen oxides”, state services indicate.

In Le Havre, she will therefore be mandatory, including for electric vehicles, from January 1, 2025date on which the ZFE will be established.

To find out the ranking of your car, here is the official simulator.

What is the cost?

The price of a Crit'air sticker is 3.77 euros per vehicle (3.11 euros + 0.66 euros postage). It is valid for the entire life of the vehicle.

How to get it?

Directly online on this site. Be careful, some scammers may contact you by email or SMS to invite you to order your Crit'air sticker online, sometimes at a much higher price. You should obviously not go to these sites but only to the government site (link above).

You will be asked your registration certificatein other words the registration document, if you purchased your vehicle in France. For a vehicle registered abroad, you will need a legible photo of the registration certificate.

If you don't get your sticker on time, don't panic: the ZFE will be set up on 1^is January, but education will be required in the first weeks, indicated Pascal Leprettre, vice-president of the urban community of Le Havre, at the time of the presentation of this system. “No fine [d’un montant de 68 ans] will not be distributed in the first months. »

Also, when you receive your purchase invoice for this sticker, it contains “the provisional certificate which attests to your order. It is admissible in the event of control by the police. Consider printing it and presenting it,” indicates the urban community.

Which vehicles will be prohibited from driving in Le Havre?

In the Océane city, vehicles with a sticker of 4 or 5 will not be prohibited from driving, unlike in Rouen. On the other hand, some of them, unclassified, will indeed be affected by a traffic ban, i.e. less than 1% of the Urban Community's stock.

These are:

• Private vehicles registered before January 1, 1997;
• Light utility vehicles registered before October 1, 1997;
• Heavy goods vehicles registered before October 1, 2001;
• Two-wheelers registered before June 1, 2000.

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