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The gazetteCarte grise · 1 March 2026

French carte grise in 2026: the price per fiscal horsepower in each region, this year’s rises and how the certificate is priced

By the AlphaDeep legal editorial teamPublished Drafted with AI assistance, references last checked: our method

The price of a French registration certificate (carte grise) is mostly the regional tax: your region’s rate per fiscal horsepower times the vehicle’s fiscal power, plus an €11 fixed tax and €2.76 for delivery. In 2026, the rate runs from €30 in Mayotte to €68.95 in Île-de-France, where a €14 surcharge applies since 1 March; it is halved for a vehicle 10 years old or more (CIBS, articles L421-42 and L421-45).

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How much does a carte grise cost in each region in 2026?

The rate per fiscal horsepower in force on 26 September 2026, and the cost for a 5 CV car.

French carte grise: regional rate per fiscal horsepower and cost for 5 CV, fixed tax and delivery included, excluding malus, on 26 September 2026
RegionRate per horsepower in 2026Carte grise, 5 CV
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes€43€228.76
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté€60€313.76
Bretagne€60€313.76
Centre-Val de Loire€60€313.76
Corse€53, against €43 in 2025€278.76
Grand Est€60€313.76
Hauts-de-France€43 since 1 April 2026€228.76
Île-de-France€68.95, €14 surcharge included€358.51
Normandie€60€313.76
Nouvelle-Aquitaine€58 since 1 March 2026€303.76
Occitanie€59.50€311.26
Pays de la Loire€51€268.76
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur€60, against €59 in 2025€313.76
Guadeloupe€41€218.76
Guyane€42.50€226.26
Martinique€53€278.76
La Réunion€60, against €57 in 2025€313.76
Mayotte€30€163.76

Cost for 5 CV: 5 times the regional rate, plus the €11 fixed tax and €2.76 for delivery; divide the regional tax by 2 for a vehicle 10 years old or more (CIBS, articles L421-38, L421-42 and L421-45; fiche F19211).

Sources: Service-public A18021 · CIBS L421-38 · CIBS L421-42 · CIBS L421-45 · Service-public F19211

What changed for the carte grise in 2025 and 2026?

The regional decisions and finance laws that moved the price.

  1. End of the automatic exemption for electric or hydrogen vehicles: each region chooses to halve their regional tax or cancel it (CIBS, article L421-49).

    Sources: CIBS L421-49 · Service-public A18021

  2. Weight malus: for a first registration from 2026, it starts at 1,500 kg instead of 1,600 kg; the CO2 malus starts at 108 g/km, and the two together are capped at €80,000 (CIBS, article L421-75; fiches F35947 and F35950).

    Sources: CIBS L421-75 · Service-public F35947 · Service-public F35950

  3. Île-de-France: a €14 surcharge per fiscal horsepower takes the rate from €54.95 to €68.95 until 31 December 2026; Nouvelle-Aquitaine: from €53 to €58 (CIBS, article L421-54-1; loi n° 2026-103, article 60; A18021).

    Sources: CIBS L421-54-1 · Loi n° 2026-103, article 60 · Service-public A18021

  4. Hauts-de-France: rate from €42 to €43, and a reduction by half, instead of an exemption, for electric or hydrogen vehicles, the last region to grant one (A18021).

    Source: Service-public A18021

  5. Coming: the Île-de-France surcharge falls to €12 per fiscal horsepower, unless a new decision is taken (loi n° 2026-103, article 60).

    Sources: Loi n° 2026-103, article 60 · CIBS L421-54-1

Summary card: the cost of a French carte grise in 2026, from €30 per fiscal horsepower in Mayotte to €68.95 in Île-de-France, with a €14 Île-de-France surcharge since 1 March 2026; an €11 fixed tax and €2.76 for delivery.
French carte grise: the horsepower rate in 2026.

How much will your carte grise cost?

Choose your region, give the fiscal power and the age of the vehicle: the gazette applies the rate in force and compares it with 2025. The example: a 7 CV car in Île-de-France.

Fictional example · gazette of your carte grise

A carte grise of €496.41, €98.00 of it from the 2026 regional rise since 1 March 2026.

Rate per fiscal horsepower
€68.95
Regional tax
€482.65
Fixed tax and delivery
€13.76
Cost of the certificate, excluding malus
€496.41
The fiscal horsepower rate, from 2025 to 2026

In 2025

  • Île-de-France: €54.95 per fiscal horsepower
  • Corse: €43, Nouvelle-Aquitaine: €53
  • Electric: full exemption in Hauts-de-France

In 2026

  • Île-de-France: €68.95, €14 surcharge included
  • Corse: €53, Nouvelle-Aquitaine: €58
  • Electric: halved in Hauts-de-France only

Applicable provisions

In view of your vehicle, the CIBS and the regional rates:

  1. Regional tax: €68.95 per fiscal horsepower in Île-de-France, times 7 CV, that is €482.65 (CIBS, articles L421-42 and L421-43; A18021).
  2. Île-de-France: the rate includes a surcharge of €14 per fiscal horsepower from 1 March to 31 December 2026, down to €12 from 1 January 2027 (CIBS, article L421-54-1; loi n° 2026-103, article 60).
  3. Fixed tax of €11 (CIBS, article L421-38) and a delivery fee of €2.76 (fiche F19211).
  4. At the 2025 rate, the regional tax would have been €384.65, that is €98.00 less (A18021).
  5. After buying a used vehicle, apply for the certificate in your name within one month of the sale (Code de la route, article R322-5).

Estimate for a change of owner: a first registration in France can add the CO2 and weight malus.

How is the price of a French carte grise worked out?

Registration bears a fixed tax, a regional tax and, depending on the vehicle, a tax on transport vehicles and the CO2 and weight malus (CIBS, article L421-30). The regional tax is the region’s rate per fiscal horsepower, €60 at most, times the administrative power shown in box P.6 (article L421-42), the region being that of the holder’s home (article L421-43).

On top come the €11 fixed tax (article L421-38) and the €2.76 delivery fee; payment is by bank card online (fiche F19211). The CO2 and weight malus target the first registration in France of a passenger car, new or imported (fiches F35947 and F35950).

Sources: CIBS L421-30 · CIBS L421-42 · CIBS L421-43 · CIBS L421-38 · Service-public F19211 · Service-public F35947 · Service-public F35950

What is the fiscal horsepower rate in your region?

The fiscal horsepower rate runs from €30 in Mayotte to €68.95 in Île-de-France, the €14 surcharge included; several regions have reached the €60 cap. In 2026, it rose in Corse, from €43 to €53, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, from €53 to €58, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, from €59 to €60, in La Réunion, from €57 to €60, and in Hauts-de-France, from €42 to €43 (A18021).

The Île-de-France surcharge is outside the €60 cap (CIBS, article L421-54-1); it is set at €14 until 31 December 2026, then €12 (loi n° 2026-103, article 60).

Sources: Service-public A18021 · CIBS L421-54-1 · Loi n° 2026-103, article 60

Who pays less for a carte grise?

The regional rate is halved when the vehicle was first registered 10 years ago or more (CIBS, article L421-45), and the reduction also applies to the Île-de-France surcharge (article L421-54-1).

For an electric or hydrogen vehicle, each region decides whether to halve its tax or cancel it (article L421-49): in 2026, only Hauts-de-France reduces it, by half since 1 April (A18021). These vehicles bear no CO2 malus (fiche F35947).

Sources: CIBS L421-45 · CIBS L421-54-1 · CIBS L421-49 · Service-public A18021 · Service-public F35947

How soon must you re-register after buying a used vehicle?

A new owner who wants to keep the vehicle on the road applies for a certificate in their name within one month of the sale, online or through an approved motor trade professional (Code de la route, article R322-5; fiche F1050).

They must be able to show the vehicle’s insurance and the declaration of sale (article R322-5).

Sources: Code de la route R322-5 · Service-public F1050

What does article L421-42 of the CIBS say?

The text that makes fiscal power and the regional rate the core of the price.

Le montant de la taxe est égal au produit d’un tarif régional, dans la limite de 60 €, par la puissance administrative du véhicule. Le tarif régional est déterminé par la région sur le territoire de laquelle la délivrance du certificat d’immatriculation est réputée intervenir au sens des articles L. 421-43 ou L. 421-44.

Article L421-42 of the CIBS (Code des impositions sur les biens et services), in FrenchVersion in force on 26 September 2026 (in force since 1 January 2022)Read the article on Légifrance (in French)

In English, briefly (our summary, not an official translation): The amount of the tax is the product of a regional rate, capped at €60, and the administrative power of the vehicle. The regional rate is set by the region where the registration certificate is deemed issued under articles L421-43 or L421-44. Since 1 March 2026, Île-de-France may add a surcharge outside the cap (article L421-54-1), set at €14 until 31 December 2026.

What do drivers ask about the cost of a French carte grise?

Where do I find my vehicle’s fiscal power?

In box P.6 of the registration certificate: the administrative power multiplies the regional rate (CIBS, article L421-42).

Which region sets the rate?

The region of your home if you are an individual, that of the establishment the vehicle is assigned to for a company (CIBS, article L421-43).

Is an electric car still exempt from the regional tax?

Not everywhere: in 2026, only Hauts-de-France reduces it, by half since 1 April; the other regions apply the full rate (CIBS, article L421-49; A18021).

What is the fine for not re-registering after a purchase?

Driving after the one-month period without a certificate in your name is a fourth-class offence, and the vehicle can be immobilised (Code de la route, article R322-5; fiche F1050).

How do you pay for a carte grise?

By bank card, on the ANTS website or with the Simplimmat app (fiche F19211).

Which guides should you read about cars and the road in France?

Which texts and fiches is this gazette based on?

  1. CIBS (Code des impositions sur les biens et services), article L421-30, registration taxesLégifrance, in French
  2. CIBS, article L421-38 (€11 fixed tax)Légifrance, in French
  3. CIBS, article L421-42 (regional tax)Légifrance, in French
  4. CIBS, article L421-43 (the holder’s region)Légifrance, in French
  5. CIBS, article L421-45 (half rate at 10 years)Légifrance, in French
  6. CIBS, article L421-49 (electric or hydrogen vehicles)Légifrance, in French
  7. CIBS, article L421-54-1 (Île-de-France surcharge)Légifrance, in French
  8. Loi n° 2026-103 of 19 February 2026, finance law for 2026, article 60Légifrance, Journal officiel, in French
  9. CIBS, article L421-75 (weight malus scale)Légifrance, in French
  10. Carte grise: the cost of the registration certificate (fiche F19211)Service-public.fr, in French · checked by the publisher on 8 September 2026
  11. CO2 malus on passenger cars (fiche F35947)Service-public.fr, in French · checked by the publisher on 21 February 2026
  12. Weight malus (fiche F35950)Service-public.fr, in French · checked by the publisher on 1 March 2026
  13. What will your carte grise cost in 2026? (news item A18021)Service-public.fr, in French · published on 26 February 2026
  14. Code de la route, article R322-5 (one-month period)Légifrance, in French
  15. Carte grise for a used vehicle (fiche F1050)Service-public.fr, in French · checked by the publisher on 6 February 2026

Texts cited last checked: 26 September 2026