Registering a car in Hauts-de-France in 2026
The calculator above starts from the Hauts-de-France rate: enter the power, fuel and age of the vehicle to get the exact cost of the certificate.
Registration · Hauts-de-France
€271.76
taxes due, box by box
| Y1 regional tax · €43 × 6 CV | €258.00 |
| Y4 fixed tax | €11 |
| Y5 delivery fee | €2.76 |
| Total taxes | €271.76 |
Same vehicle in the cheapest region (Mayotte): €193.76, €78 less. What counts is the region where you live.
The application itself is free on the official ANTS website: you only pay the taxes.
Hauts-de-France, the northern region around Lille, Amiens and the Channel ports, charges €43 per fiscal horsepower (the “cheval fiscal”, the CV figure in box P.6 of the French registration certificate, or “carte grise”) since 1 April 2026. It charged €42 from 1 March 2025; both start dates appear in the State’s own cost simulator. That puts the region 14th out of 18 from the most expensive, level with Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and well below the legal cap of €60. A petrol car rated 6 CV and under ten years old pays €258 in regional tax and €271.76 for the whole certificate. No other region gives electric and hydrogen vehicles a discount: here they pay 50 % of the rate since 1 April 2026, after paying nothing between 1 May 2025 and 31 March 2026. Cars aged ten years or more, and motorbikes, pay half.
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How the rate has moved
The region changed its rate twice since 2025: €42 per CV from 1 March 2025, then €43 from 1 April 2026. Both dates are confirmed by the State’s cost simulator. The regional document read for this page is the 2026 budget report, which sets out the €1 rise and the smaller electric discount; the resolution itself could not be found online. Nothing has been voted for 2027 as of the survey date.
At €43, the region ranks 14th of 18: 13 regions charge more, 3 charge less. Someone moving from Paris to Lille pays 38 % less per horsepower than in Île-de-France, where the transport surcharge comes on top.
Worked examples
Regional tax for a used car changing hands on 20 October 2026, and the full certificate cost for a recent petrol car. The electric column applies the 50 % reduction.
| Power | Petrol, under 10 years | Petrol, 10 years or more | Electric, under 10 years | Full certificate, recent petrol |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 CV | €172 | €86 | €86 | €185.76 |
| 6 CV | €258 | €129 | €129 | €271.76 |
| 8 CV | €344 | €172 | €172 | €357.76 |
| 11 CV | €473 | €236.50 | €236.50 | €486.76 |
Lines Y4 and Y5, the same in every region, add €13.76 to the regional tax to give the total. A new or imported car may also owe the CO₂ and weight malus, which the calculator at the top adds automatically.
Electric cars: the regional exception
Since 1 May 2025, French law lets each region halve or scrap its tax for electric and hydrogen vehicles, while the old option for LPG and E85 is gone (service-public.gouv.fr news item). Every other region chose the full rate. Hauts-de-France first exempted these vehicles entirely, then halved the benefit:
- until 31 March 2026: a 5 CV electric car paid €0 in regional tax, €13.76 in all;
- since 1 April 2026: the same car pays €107.50 in regional tax, €121.76 in all.
One inconsistency in the record: an annex to a 2025 regional resolution proposed ending the exemption from 1 March 2025, whereas the State shows a full exemption until 31 March 2026. The calculator follows the State’s figures, also stated in its news item of 26 February 2026.
Rules set nationally
Halving at ten years, the half rate for motorbikes and the zero rate for mopeds come from the French tax code and apply here unchanged. An address change, a duplicate or adding a spouse does not trigger the regional tax. To see how the total compares with other regions, use the region comparison; for malus rules on electric and hybrid models, see electric and hybrid cars.