French classic car owners living in and around the city of Paris, France, can rejoice as the ban on vehicles manufactured before 1997 entering the city centre will not apply to registered classic cars that are more than 30 years old. The Federation Francaise des vehicules D’Epoque (FFVE) announced this on its website last week after an agreement was reached with city authorities to exempt classic cars from the ban.
Scheduled to come in force on July 1, the ban on pre-1997 vehicles – as well as motorcycles made before 1999 – entering Paris is an attempt by authorities to reduce the amount of emissions in the city centre. The edict was passed by the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, and the Groupement des autorités responsables de transport (GART) – which represents local officials – in collaboration with the French ministry of environment.
According to the regulations, vehicles entering Paris will have to display one of six stickers, which indicate the emissions level of the vehicle. This determines when and where the vehicle can be driven inside Paris.
Currently, the rules call for pre-1997 vehicles to be banned from 8 am until 8 pm on weekdays, not including public holidays. “Class one” stickers, reserved for hydrogen- and electric-powered vehicles, allows for entry into the city at all hours.
With the exemption on classic cars, owners will have to display a carte gris de collection sticker to be able to drive in the city at all times. This is available on application at Paris city hall by providing proof of classic vehicle ownership and registration.
The FFVE – along with the umbrella organisation for classic cars, the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens (FIVA) – is strongly advocating world cities to recognise classic cars as historical and cultural artifacts. Gautam Sen, FIVA vice president of external relations, said that he hopes the Paris model will be an example for convincing other cities considering similar vehicle entry bans to make exemptions for historic vehicles.
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We need this now. Before the air in the city gets worse. if u live in a high rise apartment outside KL, u will understand what I mean by looking at the smog
do that and all the proton saga owners will go on a riot
u should drive a prius..
Scrap metal on display….1kg 50 sen ???? Lelong lelong.
The French are well known for their double standards…. This going to go down as one of the very classic example..
France is 1st world country, u pipu r 3rd world country. See who follow who. France is world class enuff to ban Uber and allow their taximen to upcar Uber car. Meanwhile 3rd world MY gov SPAD is legalising Uber. MY will forever be 3rd world like now unless they follow 1st world country like France.
Your logic and understanding of language is baffling. Stating the French of its very nature is a fact, and them being a 1st world country has nothing to do with this.
Being a Malaysian, as you said, a 3rd world country, does that means we should all be sleeping on trees and having meals in a cave?
Thats what we enlightened netizens says about the East pipu after BN win big time.
So do u wanna live on trees or in a big house only without swimming pool?
You are all monkeys under Najib’s leadership, so why not?
20 years is a reasonable period, as I said before in my previous comment.
I did not use the word ‘ideal’.