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The Nice-C么te d鈥橝zur area has joined the list of low emission zones in France where entry will be limited to vehicles rated Crit鈥橝ir 4 or over.

The Crit鈥橝ir rating is a mark out of five indicating how much pollution a vehicle produces. Older and more polluting vehicles have a higher number.

Owners need to apply for a Crit鈥橝ir certificate that comes in the form of a round sticker with a number from zero to five which must be displayed on the vehicle鈥檚 windscreen.

Paca pollution alerts

During a pollution alert, access to Nice, Cannes, Antibes, Vallauris, Cagnes-Sur-Mer and Saint-Laurent-Du-Var will be restricted from 6:00 to 20:00 for vehicles rated 4 or 5 - or unclassified.

鈥淭here won't be that many, about two or three days a year鈥�, S茅bastien Mathiot, engineer for AtmoSud, the air quality observatory in the Paca region, told .

How to get a Crit鈥橝ir sticker

You can apply for your Crit鈥橝ir certificate online by visiting the (available in English) and paying the fee of 鈧�3.67.

If you would prefer to complete a paper form and apply by post, you can download this . Remember to include a cheque by way of payment.

For those who do not have access to the internet, you can purchase your air quality certificate from the mairie instead.

Crit鈥橝ir vehicle ratings

Depending on the air pollutants emitted by your vehicle, it will be assigned a rating: 1 - 3 means you will be able to travel without restriction, but 4 or 5 or unclassified means you will not be able to drive on level 2 pollution alert days.

Travelling without a sticker or in an unauthorised vehicle during these periods risks a fine of 鈧�68 for light vehicles or 鈧�135 for HGVs.

The aim of the scheme is to reduce the amount of pollution emitted by cars with transport accounting for 40% of fine particle emissions in the department.

You can keep an eye on the air quality in the region via the website.

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