Low Emission Zones (ZFE) are experiencing an incredible expansion in various French cities. And so it will continue to a minimum in 2024.

Indeed, French cities are more than 150,000 inhabitants everyone will adopt this ZFE system. result: some models can no longer circulate.

However, some cities and towns oppose itof this provision. This is the case Perpignan.

Perpignan against the law

A few days ago, Xavier Beaudry, elected RN of the agglomeration of Perpignan, expressed his desire recall region subject to ZFE, mainly for passenger cars category 3.

Movement which was accepted by all elected officials, 37 votes “for”. and 34 against.

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“Perpignan’s urban public transport proposal does not offer a real day-to-day alternative for road users whose vehicles will be banned from the road.

In addition, the financial assistance that the government has decided to support the purchase of environmentally friendly vehicles is still too limited. About 193,000 people may not be able to relocate.

Specifically, the owners of vehicles from Crit’Air 3 will be able to circulate free in the agglomeration.

11 metropolises in 2022, 45 in 2025

Other cities and communes oppose this law in various metropolises. In Rouen example, four municipalities oppose it, namely: Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvre, Mont-Saint-Aignan, Maromme and Saint-Leger-du-Bour-Denis.

Being in the metropolis of Lyon, it is the city of Oullen denied to configure ZFE in conditions current.

In general, 11 megacities have already created a low-emission mobility zone. Until 202543 agglomerations over 150,000 inhabitants must be established by the Federal Economic and Social Committee.

We remind you that there are vehicles in these areas the most polluting identified by Crit’Air stickers 5, 4, and 3 may be an item limitation traffic.

New measures regarding SEZs

Occasionally meetings A few weeks ago, at a ministerial meeting on low-emission mobility zones (ZFE-m), the government announced new activities

The goal is to Struggle against air pollution in agglomerations:

• Reduce air pollution in port areas by starting pilot work with volunteer communities.
• Support of local authorities in the deployment of PPE:
• Gradual introduction of automated sanctions control.
• Appointment of a single interlocutor for agglomerations responsible for ZFE-m
• Use of the “green fund” to finance and pay revenue from fines to local authorities.
• Supporting households to purchase cleaner vehicles through a conversion bonus increased by €1,000 when the beneficiary lives or works in ZFE-m.
• The loan at a zero rate will be offered from January 1, 2023 for a two-year experiment in megacities with thresholds exceeded.

This Monday, November 14th, my colleagues from the Parliament and I held a press conference with the mayor of Perpignan to condemn the project to create a ZFE in the agglomeration of Perpignan. pic.twitter.com/w3Bvdxx6Ie

— Anais Sabatini (@Anais_Sabatini) November 16, 2022