Are we reaching the limits of ZEP? We’re not quite there yet, but it’s clear that these low emission zones seem to divide many elected officials, even those in the same camp. Between “social divide” for some and “environmental issues” for others, this equation seems very difficult to solve. Pending, The metropolis prefers to take time, gradually postponing its schedule for the creation of the SEZ.

On Lyon’s side, the ZFE extension was recently cancelled the metropolitan area of ​​Greater Paris will consider postponing a crucial phase of its low-emissions zone. This measure consists in banning the movement of 380,000 polluting vehicles classified as Crit’Air 3.

Should we expect another transfer of ZFE?

This new phase of the ban, originally scheduled for July 2022, has already been pushed back to July 2023. It represents the third stage of implementation of Greater Paris ZFE, the largest in France with a population of 7.2 million people.

Faced with the financial impossibility of meeting the deadline 1^Er In July 2023, the Crit’Air 3 Métropole du Grand Paris offers an 18-month delay, i.e. up to 1^Er January 2025according to the schedule provided by the Climate Law.

Finger pointing at the government

To justify this decision, the metropolis notes that the government does not plan to introduce automated control to sanction violators. only from the second half of 2024.

In addition, the government’s zero-rate loan guarantee (PTZ), designed to facilitate the purchase of clean vehicles, is still not in place, and the famous “electric car for less than €100 a month” promised by Emmanuel Macron during his presidential campaign is still pending for consideration

Remember that the Crit’Air vignette 3 applies to petrol cars registered before 1^Er January 2006 and diesel engines registered before 1^Er January 2011.

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