US EditionCouncil of State to examine proposal to cut low-emissions fines
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While the draft law on the simplification of economic life, which was to put an end to low-emission zones (ZFEs), was to be voted on 27 January in the Assembly, the deadline has been postponed and it will be necessary to wait until the end of the municipal elections, in March, to know whether or not these areas which are banned from vehicles which are too old and too polluting will be abolished.
What future for the ZFE of Greater Paris? The scheme is more than ever threatened with disappearance by a bill whose vote has just been postponed. Between suspended and announced end, we explain to you.
The final vote was scheduled to take place this Tuesday in the National Assembly and Thursday in the Senate. The government has just withdrawn the end of the ZFEs from the program. A postponement that makes some elected officials angry. A postponement to the general surprise The saga around the ZFEs is never going to end. It is a new turnaround that took place this Tuesday, January 27, 2026. The final vote on the removal, or not, of these areas …
The law on simplification and its controversial measure to eliminate low-emission zones (ZFE) against polluting vehicles, will not be put to the vote this week, the government hoping first of all to find "a compromise" in Parliament. According to some sources interviewed by the AFP, the vote could even take place after the March municipal elections. [...] The article Lyon: the fate of the ZFE might not be sealed before the municipal elections ap…
Council of State to examine proposal to cut low-emissions fines
A proposal from the MR party to reduce the amount of fines for non-compliance with low-emission zone (LEZ) restrictions will be submitted to the Council of State for its opinion. Since 1 January, Euro 5 diesel and Euro 2 petrol vehicles have been banned from Brussels, with an estimated 30,000...
On 26 January 2026, the National Assembly confirmed the postponement of the vote on the abolition of the ZFE, these low-emission zones that structure the car and pollution control policy. The government stated that the final review of the text will take place after the municipal elections of March 2026, disrupting the legislative agenda and adding a new period of uncertainty regarding the future of low-emission zones. ZFE: what the National Asse…
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