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The vehicle the more pollutants will be prohibited to circulate on Monday in Paris and the small crown in the framework of the implementation of the traffic differentiated triggered due to an episode of air pollution, on Saturday announced the prefecture of police of Paris.

vehicles which are not classified target

traffic restrictions for vehicles that are not classified (for the most part the registration of which is earlier than 1997) and vehicles of class 5 (registration between 1997 and 2001) according to the classification of the thumbnails Crit’Air, compulsory since mid-January, in Paris and in 69 municipalities, said the prefecture. All other vehicles with thumbnails Crit’Air of class 1 to 4 will be able to flow.

“Monday, we are going to introduce a new measure, the movement differentiated”, a device “intended to be a substitute for the alternating circulation” which had been in place for six days in December in the Ile-de-France, due to a pollution episode, explained in a press Marc Meunier, general secretary of the area of defence and security of Paris: it “prohibits the movement to vehicles with the most pollutants”.

Fine class 2 offenders

violators risk a fine of a class 2 (22 euros if it is to be paid immediately) and the immobilization of the vehicle, has it been clarified. The police will check the color of the tile or, failing that, ask for the carte grise of the vehicle to ensure that it is allowed to roll. While only “20% to 25% of vehicles are currently or will soon be equipped with” thumbnail Crit’air, Marc Meunier has made the “appeal to fellow citizens so that they have these decals, which are mandatory”. In a first time, the forces of order shall be used as evidence of “pedagogy” to motorists who will not, “but in the long term, the fact of not having a thumbnail will be sanctioned”, he warned.

For Sunday, the prefecture of police imposes traffic restrictions, including speed limitations and prohibited new wood heating. An episode of pollution with fine particles could reach the Ile-de-France Sunday due to weather conditions, said Saturday Airparif. According to the body responsible for the monitoring of the quality of the air, the particle concentration is likely to exceed Sunday “alert