It’s a tax that motorists can’t escape. In France, when you buy a new car vehicleTo register a vehicle, you need to pay for a vehicle registration document (carte grise). The rate is not the same in all regions. And it’s set to rise sharply in 2025.
The cost of a vehicle registration document is made up of four components taxes and a fee: a fixed tax of eleven euros, the tax on polluting vehicles, the tax on the development of professional training actions in transport, the regional tax and the fee for the delivery of the registration certificate. Several regional councils have increased their share, according to the website Newsly.
The price for each region
The most expensive vehicle registration document will therefore go to the Normandy from January 1, 2025. The price of a tax horse will be set at 60 euros, i.e. 14 euros more than in 2024 and an increase of 72% in two years, details France Bleu Normandie. This increase should enable the Region to compensate for the drop in state subsidies while maintaining the volume of investment, argued regional council president Hervé Morin.
Normandy is followed by Brittany, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Centre-Val-de-Loire (55 euros), says Auto Plus. Next come Ile-de-France (€54.95), Occitanie (€54.50), Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (€51.20), Réunion and Pays de la Loire (€51), Nouvelle-Aquitaine (€45), Grand-Est (48 euros), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (43 euros), Guyane (42.50 €), Guadeloupe (41 euros), Hauts-de-France (36.20 euros), Mayotte and Martinique (30 euros). In last place is Corsica, with a taxable horse at just 27 euros.
How to escape?
To save money, motorists can’t do without this document or choose just any region, as the vehicle registration document must show the holder’s main home address, as the government website reminds us. Service public. If you move, you have one month to change the address on your vehicle registration document. You can do this three times free of charge.
In the event of an inspection, motorists who fail to comply with the regulations risk a fixed-rate fine of 135 euros. To avoid this tax, you need to drive electric. As of January 1, 2020, the vehicle registration document for a electric car is 100% exempt from regional tax.