In France car registration varies depending on where you live, the type of vehicle you have and how polluting it is. The cost of a car registration is rising in 2023.
Once you have brought a car in France or imported a car you then have one month from the date of purchase to register the vehicle in your name via the ANTS (Agence nationale des titres sécurisés) Website
When you register the carte grise, the cost depends on the car you have brought, how polluting it is and where you live. The total cost is made up of the following:
- Regional tax;
- Tax for the development of vocation training in transport;
- Tax on polluting vehicles;
- Fixed tax of €11;
- Fee for the delivery of the registration certificate.
Each of France’s 13 regions sets their own regional tax rate every year – which this year range from €55 to as little as €27. Six regions offer 100 percent regional tax discounts for ‘clean’ electric vehicles, while another two cut their fees by 50 percent. You can find a table of rates here
To calculate how much you have you pay, you need to know the ‘cheval fiscal’ of your vehicle. You can find this on your registration certificate, where it is known as ‘cheval vapeur’ or CV. This unit of measurement classifies cars according to their power for tax purposes. Each category of car in circulation is assigned a specific rate.
To calculate your pollution tax, multiply the rate of 1 fiscal horsepower of the region where you live by the fiscal power of the vehicle.
Alternatively, use this
You can estimate the total cost of your carte grise using the government’s online simulator