The cost of a vehicle registration certificate (carte grise) in France, which you can simulate on cartegrise.com, is calculated based on several taxes and fees. Depending on your request, all or part of these taxes are included to determine the price you will pay to update your registration certificate and drive legally on public roads.
On cartegrise.com or any other authorized partner SIV/ANTS these include the regional tax, the vocational training tax (only due when registering a commercial vehicle), the tax on polluting vehicles , the fixed fee, and the delivery feefor your registration certificate to your home . The fixed fee (which increased from €4 to €11 in 2021) will not increase in 2022, nor will the delivery fee . However, in a period of energy scarcity and the fight against CO2 emissions, other taxes are likely to change. Which vehicle registration fees are increasing?Overall, and this is rather good news in an inflationary period, the price of vehicle registration fees remains stable, particularly thetax horsepower rate,with three exceptions concerning the following components: the
regional tax,
and the weight-based tax and scaleof the ecological penalty. Increase in the tax horsepower rate in 3 regions The regional tax is set annually by the regional councils, and two regions have decreed an increase in the value of the tax horsepower. The first is the Grand Est region (which includes Alsace, Lorraine, and Champagne-Ardenne), which, with an increase of €6, brings the price of the tax horsepower to €48 (compared to €42 in 2021). The Martinique region is increasing the value of the tax horsepower from €30 to €51 for 2022. Brittany is also expected to see a slight increase in the value of the tax horsepower, but the decision will be ratified at the next regional council meeting scheduled for the end of February 2022. Change to the ecological penalty scale
The ecological penalty, which is directly linked to the environmental context and the government’s strategy for combating CO2 emissions, has had its scale modified (see how to obtain the Crit’Air sticker). The threshold for triggering the emissions tax was raised in 2022 to 128 g of CO2 per kilometer, compared to 133 g in 2021. The entry tax remains at €50. The emissions ceiling has also been modified, now set at 223 g of CO2/km, compared to 219 g in 2021. Vehicles with emissions equal to or exceeding the 2022 ceiling will be subject to a flat tax of €40,000, compared to €30,000 in 2021. The new environmental penalty introduced in 2022 includes a cap on the tax, which cannot exceed 50% of the vehicle’s price.
Weight-based tax in the calculation of vehicle registration fees
Also related to the environmental penalty, 2022 sees the introduction of a penalty for vehicles weighing over 1,800 kg. This tax, called the “tax on the mass in running order,” applies to new or imported vehicles registered for the first time in France. The rate is €10/kg for vehicles exceeding 1,800 kg.All these measures aim to increase taxes on the most polluting vehicles and gradually encourage drivers to adopt more environmentally friendly driving habits.Find information and tools to register your vehicle on cartegrise.com. You can access a simulator that will allow you to estimate the cost of your vehicle registration certificate (carte grise) based on your application, or learn how to register your vehicle online.The features available on cartegrise.com simplify the process because, after completing your simulation, you can simply confirm your quote. Your vehicle registration application will be handled by the dedicated teams at cartegrise.com (an authorized online agency for the SIV/ANTS system). By logging into your account on cartegrise.com, you can track the progress of your application and communicate by email and phone with your contact person, who will keep you informed until you receive your updated vehicle registration certificate at home.
