How to order a Crit’Air sticker for your UK vehicle

For a UK-registered vehicle, order your French Crit’Air sticker online at certificat-air.gouv.fr. It is the only official ordering website. The sticker is for low emission zones, not motorway tolls, and does not guarantee access to every French city.

Order before leaving the UK

Choose the foreign-registered vehicle application on the official Crit’Air website. An English form is available. Have your V5C registration document, email address and payment method ready. Enter the vehicle details, upload a readable registration document and check the delivery address before confirming.

Service Public lists €5.11 including postage for a foreign-registered vehicle. Documents can be jpg, png or pdf, below 5 MB. See the official instructions for vehicles registered abroad.

Allow time for the post

The authority gives an approximate postal dispatch timescale of ten working days. A confirmation and an invoice with a facsimile of the sticker arrive earlier by email. Keep them, but do not treat an order confirmation as permission to enter a restricted zone.

Where to fit it

Fit the sticker inside the lower right corner of the windscreen, visible from outside. On a right-hand-drive UK car, this is the driver’s side: right means the vehicle’s right, not the side you see when facing it. It remains valid while readable for that vehicle.

Check the permitted classes and operating hours for your destination, including temporary pollution restrictions. Our vehicle check provides an initial indication. For a motorhome, use its registered vehicle category. Read the French government’s Crit’Air guidance before relying on the sticker alone.

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Official sources checked on 10 November 2026.