Mulhouse Dropped Its ZFE — Nothing to Show in 2026
ZFE-m Mulhouse · France · Cancelled — not in force
Source: official source · Verified: 2026-09-19
Mulhouse abandoned its planned ZFE before it took effect, and the national register of 25 French low-emission zones does not list it. No Crit'Air vignette is required and no ZFE fine exists.
Didn’t France abolish its low-emission zones?
No — the repeal never took effect. Parliament did vote in April 2026 to abolish France’s ZFEs, which is why so many guides and news reports say they are gone. The Conseil constitutionnel struck that article down on 21 May 2026 (décision n° 2026-903 DC), so the ZFE provisions of the code général des collectivités territoriales (articles L. 2213-4-1 and L. 2213-4-2) stayed on the books.
One caveat most coverage misses: the article was annulled on procedure, not on its merits — the Council held it was a “cavalier législatif”, an amendment with no link to the bill it was attached to (Constitution, art. 45). Parliament can pass the same repeal again in a properly related bill, so this is settled for now rather than settled for good. Read the decision.
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Mulhouse’s ZFE was designed, dated and then dropped before it ever switched on. The Ministry’s register at mieuxrespirerenville.gouv.fr lists the 25 French zones in force and Mulhouse is not on it, so there is no vignette to buy and no penalty to risk.
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Zone type | Planned, then abandoned |
| City | Mulhouse |
| Country | France |
| Sticker / registration | None required |
| Fine | None |
| Petrol minimum | No Euro limit |
| Diesel minimum | No Euro limit |
| Operating hours | Not applicable |
| Status | Cancelled before launch |
The timeline that confused everyone
The zone was first announced for 1 January 2025, then pushed to 1 May 2025, and finally set aside. Because the two announcements were widely reported while the cancellation was not, databases across the web still carry Mulhouse as a live ZFE with a 24-hour restriction. Ours did too until this review.
An abandoned launch date leaves no legal trace: without a published arrêté creating the zone, there is no perimeter, no Crit’Air threshold and no offence to fine.
What Alsace drivers should check instead
| If your route includes | The rule that applies |
|---|---|
| Strasbourg and its 33 communes | A real ZFE, listed on the national register, 24/7 |
| Mulhouse, Colmar, Saint-Louis | No emission-class restriction |
| A smog alert anywhere in Haut-Rhin | Temporary prefectoral limits, announced day by day |
If your trip continues north into the Eurométropole de Strasbourg, that is where a Crit’Air vignette starts to matter. For Mulhouse itself, nothing on the windscreen changes anything.
Recent changes to this page
- Rewritten after re-checking the national ZFE register at mieuxrespirerenville.gouv.fr, which lists the 25 zones in force and does not include Mulhouse. The zone announced for 2025 was abandoned before it began, so the 24/7 restriction, Euro 2 petrol / Euro 3 diesel thresholds and EUR 68 fine published here did not apply.
- Title, description and introduction rewritten from this page's own data (no shared template wording).
- An earlier check recorded a EUR 68 fine and a mandatory Crit'Air vignette for Mulhouse. That was wrong, as the 19 September 2026 entry above explains.
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Frequently Asked Questions
No. Mulhouse has no low-emission zone, so nothing has to be displayed on the windscreen. A vignette is only worth buying if the same trip takes you into one of the 25 agglomerations the national register actually lists, such as Strasbourg, Nancy or Reims.
Nothing specific to emissions. There is no Crit'Air threshold in force in the agglomeration, so an older diesel is treated like any other car on the road.
No. A zone was designed and scheduled, first for January 2025 and then for 1 May 2025, but it was dropped before starting. Mulhouse Alsace Agglomeration and the other Haut-Rhin authorities turned instead to a Haute-Alsace air and health charter and to speed reductions.