The EPZ (Low Emission Zones), also known as restricted traffic zones, are urban areas in France to which access is now regulated and reserved for the latest vehicles considered to be less polluting.

To access it, you must attach a to the windshield Crit’air thumbnail, which classifies your vehicle in several categories from 1 to 5, which allows you to determine the age of your vehicle and its potential for polluting emissions. It is on this system that the principle of banning the movement of the oldest vehicles within the ZFE is based.

ZFE in Lyon: Crit’air 5 is now banned

From 1^Er September 2022in the metropolis of Lyon, private vehicles equipped with a Crit’air 5 thumbnailas well as all those who are not classified, are no longer is no longer allowed to circulate on the territory of VPZ. After a certain pedagogical period, offenders are now subjected to verbalization from 1^Er January 2023

In the Lyon metropole, the ZFE covers the cities of Lyon, Caluir-et-Cuir, as well as the Viyerban, Bron and Venissier sectors, located inside the Laurent Bonnevet ring road. On the other hand, the ZFE does not apply to the main axes (M6-M7, Northern Ring Road and Laurent Bonnevet Ring Road).

ZFE in Lyon: traffic bans in detail

To date, Crit’air 5 vehicles prohibited from circulation amount to approximately 18,000 vehicles, excluding vehicles not classified in the Crit’air system, i.e. cars or motorcycles older than 23 years.

The Crit’air 5 thumbnail distributed among vehicles diesel, put into circulation between 1997 and 2000and models “nonclassified” were put into circulation until 1997 for passenger cars, and until May 31, 2000 for motorcycles and mopeds.

ZFE in Lyon: what are the sanctions in case of non-compliance?

In the event of non-compliance with the ZFE rules, the offender risks a third class ticketto be one a fixed fine of 68 euros for cars and light commercial vehicles. This fine can be as high as 135 euros for heavy trucks.