Registering a car in Grand Est in 2026

The calculator uses the Grand Est rate; for a car bought abroad, choose the “imported” origin so the malus is added with its age reduction.

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Registration · Grand Est

€373.76

taxes due, box by box

Y1 regional tax · €60 × 6 CV€360.00
Y4 fixed tax€11
Y5 delivery fee€2.76
Total taxes€373.76
96 %
Y1
Malus
Y2 + Y4 + Y5

Same vehicle in the cheapest region (Mayotte): €193.76, €180 less. What counts is the region where you live.

The application itself is free on the official ANTS website: you only pay the taxes.

How the amount is calculated

Grand Est, the north-eastern region around Strasbourg, Metz, Nancy and Reims, charges €60 per fiscal horsepower, the “cheval fiscal” behind the regional tax on a French registration certificate. That is the legal maximum. The State’s official simulator confirms the amount on 20 October 2026; the start date of 1 February 2025 often quoted could not be verified, because no regional resolution was found. The region ranks second of 18, level with 6 others, just behind Île-de-France. A 7 CV diesel under ten years old changing hands costs €433.76 to register. With four foreign neighbours, Grand Est sees many cars bought abroad: a 7 CV petrol car first registered in Germany in March 2022 costs €625.76 here, including €192 of malus after the age reduction. Cars ten years or older pay half the rate, and the malus is zero for imports first registered before 1 January 2015. Electric cars pay the full rate.

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The rate and where it comes from

Grand Est sits at the €60 cap set by the French tax code, so it cannot raise its rate. The amount comes from the official fiscal horsepower price simulator. The start date of 1 February 2025 has only been seen in secondary sources; no regional council resolution was found, and earlier rates are not listed. No increase is planned for 2027, and none is possible above the cap.

Private sales within France

Grand Est, change of keeper on 20 October 2026.
PowerRegional tax, under 10 yearsRegional tax, 10 years or moreFull certificate, under 10 years
5 CV€300€150€313.76
7 CV€420€210€433.76
9 CV€540€270€553.76
11 CV€660€330€673.76

National charges add €13.76 to the regional tax. A car already registered in France owes no malus.

Cars bought across the border

Strasbourg, Metz or Mulhouse are minutes from Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium or Switzerland. A car never registered in France pays, on top of the regional tax, the CO₂ and weight malus from the scale of its first registration year, cut by a monthly age reduction.

Grand Est, registration on 20 October 2026.
Vehicle imported from an EU countryRegional taxMalusFull certificate
Petrol 7 CV, 140 g/km, 1,650 kg, first registered March 2022€420€192 (reduction 38 %)€625.76
Petrol 7 CV, 150 g/km, June 2014€210€0€223.76
Electric 6 CV, 1,900 kg, September 2023€360€0€373.76
  • Within the EU, a vehicle of no more than 6 months or 6,000 km counts as new for VAT, payable in France. Either way, get the quitus fiscal before applying (VAT clearance).
  • From Switzerland, outside the EU, French customs collect duty and VAT and issue form 846 A (imports from outside the EU).
  • The French fiscal horsepower appears in box P.6 once the certificate is issued; a foreign document may show a different figure or none.

For the full step-by-step, see importing a car from the EU.

Frequently asked questions

Does a 2014 car brought from Germany to Grand Est pay the malus?

No. Used imports first registered before 1 January 2015 owe no CO₂ or weight malus. A 7 CV petrol car from June 2014 pays only the regional tax, halved because it is over ten years old: €210, or €223.76 for the full certificate. You still need the quitus fiscal, a free tax clearance from the French tax office.

What does an electric car bought in Luxembourg cost to register in Grand Est?

A 6 CV electric car from 2023 costs €373.76 on 20 October 2026. It escapes both malus taxes but not the regional tax, which Grand Est charges in full. If the car is no more than 6 months old or has no more than 6,000 km, it counts as new for VAT, which is then paid in France.

How does buying in Switzerland change registration in Grand Est?

Switzerland is outside the EU, so customs normally collect 10 % duty on a car and 20 % VAT at the border, then issue form 846 A, which replaces the quitus fiscal. Registration then follows the usual rules: the Grand Est rate, plus the malus reduced according to the car’s age.

Is there a lower Grand Est rate for classic cars?

No. French law gives regions no separate rate for classic cars, so only the general halving at ten years applies, which in practice covers every older vehicle. A classic car registration does avoid the transport vehicle tax, though that tax only concerns vans and lorries in the first place, so a private classic car owner saves nothing extra.

Related pages and calculations

Import from the EU

Malus with monthly age reduction, the scale of the first registration year, VAT and tax clearance for a car bought in the EU.

Import from outside the EU

Customs duty, import VAT, the 846 A certificate, then the malus with its age reduction: the full cost of a car bought outside the EU.

VAT clearance (quitus)

New or used for tax purposes, VAT payable in France and the clearance certificate needed before registration.

Compare regions

The same vehicle in all 18 regions, ranked from cheapest to dearest, with the gap in euros.

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

A rate at the cap, how the ten-year threshold cuts the bill on an older car, and motorbike costs in Dijon or Besançon.

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