The green sticker, placed on our windshields will be removed from April 1, 2024, announced Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.
On Monday, during the Interministerial Committee for Road Safety, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin announced the abolition of “the green insurance sticker” for car insurance from April 1, 2024. He also announced the dematerialization of the driver’s license. drive for that same year.
There will therefore no longer be a need to stick it on your windshield because “everything will now be recorded by the insurance companies in a file”, specified the minister. The police and the gendarmerie have had access since 2019 to the File of Insured Vehicles (FVA) and will use it during checks using a mobile application. This file lists 56 million vehicles with the registration of the vehicle, the name of the insurer, the number of the insurance contract and its period of validity. At present, not having your green badge is punishable by a fine of 35 euros.
Why remove the thumbnail?
The France insurers federation called for its abolition in order to simplify the lives of users, fight against fraud but also in order to support the ecological transition by saving 50 million printed documents each year. Also the green macaroon was issued by the French Central Office with a cost of 300 euros for 1,000 stickers. A saving which could therefore be 17 million euros in total given the 56 million vehicles in the country. France is also one of the last European countries to request the presentation of its car insurance documents.
2023-07-18 07:01:33
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