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The offensive to rid the roads of older diesel cars has entered a new phase in Paris this week, after the city council vote to ban access to older diesel cars in both the city and its surrounding areas starting next year.
The ban targets all diesel cars that are at least 20 years of age, meaning up to the model year 2001. These vehicles will be denied access from Paris and 79 municipalities enclosed by the A86 ring road as of next summer.
“The Metropolis of Greater Paris has decided on Monday, November 12 to ban the circulation of vehicles class Crit'Air 5 (diesel 20 years of age) inside the A86 ring as of July 1, 2019,” the city said in a Twitter post.
According to French publication Le Figaro, there are some 800,000 cars targeted by the decision, and possibly an equal number of car owners. Local officials did not yet detail what is to become of the cars, but is to be expected that some type of trade-in scheme for those affected will be put in place.
In Europe, Paris is at the forefront of the war against pollution coming from cars. After the ban for pre-2000 diesel vehicles comes into effect next year, another one, targeting diesels registered between 2001 and 2004, will come into effect in 2021.
The following year, diesel registered between 2006 and 2010 will be next, followed for a full ban on diesel cars, regardless of model year, from 2025. The official plan calls for gasoline-engined cars to come next, as Paris intends to become an ICE-free city from 2030.
Aside for France in general and Paris in particular, Germany, Italy, Spain, Mexico, and Greece have also announced steps to phase out diesel cars. Of them, Greece, which plans to enforce a ban on diesel starting 2025, had such a rule in place in Athens and Thessaloniki up until 2011.
Hit by economic and debt crisis, the Greeks gave up on the idea in an attempt to save the local auto market.
“The Metropolis of Greater Paris has decided on Monday, November 12 to ban the circulation of vehicles class Crit'Air 5 (diesel 20 years of age) inside the A86 ring as of July 1, 2019,” the city said in a Twitter post.
According to French publication Le Figaro, there are some 800,000 cars targeted by the decision, and possibly an equal number of car owners. Local officials did not yet detail what is to become of the cars, but is to be expected that some type of trade-in scheme for those affected will be put in place.
In Europe, Paris is at the forefront of the war against pollution coming from cars. After the ban for pre-2000 diesel vehicles comes into effect next year, another one, targeting diesels registered between 2001 and 2004, will come into effect in 2021.
The following year, diesel registered between 2006 and 2010 will be next, followed for a full ban on diesel cars, regardless of model year, from 2025. The official plan calls for gasoline-engined cars to come next, as Paris intends to become an ICE-free city from 2030.
Aside for France in general and Paris in particular, Germany, Italy, Spain, Mexico, and Greece have also announced steps to phase out diesel cars. Of them, Greece, which plans to enforce a ban on diesel starting 2025, had such a rule in place in Athens and Thessaloniki up until 2011.
Hit by economic and debt crisis, the Greeks gave up on the idea in an attempt to save the local auto market.
Le Conseil métropolitain adopte le projet de mise en place d’une Zone à Faibles Émissions à l’intérieur de l’A86 à compter du 1er juillet 2019 pour les véhicules classés Crit’Air 5 et non classés #qualitédelair #qualitédevie #mieuxrespirer #mieuxvivre pic.twitter.com/4D4LMIGXnt
— Métropole du Grand Paris (@GrandParisMGP) 12 noiembrie 2018
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