Driving abroad, which countries are covered by French insurers?

When driving your French insured vehicle outside of France, one may wonder if the cover remains and what changes abroad? Most of the time the cover is identical abroad if you are in a country of the “zone carte verte”. You can even call your usual roadside assistance or breakdown cover and they'll assist you same as they would do in France. The only limitation is the maximum allowed duration of your stay abroad (with your vehicle) and that's often 90 days in a row.

Countries of the Zone carte verte

When you're insured in France you're provided with a green slip that you should stick onto your windshield (or windscreen) but that tiny bit also comes with something we call the “insurance card” or “carte verte”. That green piece of paper contains many useful information and should always be in your vehicle. On your carte verte you'll find a “grid” containing all the countries that are covered and unless there is a cross on it you can considered it's safe to drive there as you'll be covered same as in France.

The card will only display a “country code” (1 to 3 digits) and here's the complete country codes that are covered (unless explicitly crossed on your carte verte):

A – Austria	AL – Albania	AND – Andorra
B – Belgium	BG – Bulgaria	BIH – Bosnia and Herzegovina
BY – Belarus	CH – Switzerland	CY – Cyprus (except Northern Cyprus)
CZ – Czech Republic	D – Germany	DK – Danemark
E – Spain (incl. Canary Islands)	EST – Estonia	F – France (incl.
FIN – Finland	GB – Great Britain / United Kingdom (incl. Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernesey & Gibraltar)	GR – Greece
H – Hungary	HR – Croatia	I – Italy (incl. vatican)
IL – Israel	IR – Islamic republic of Iran	IRL – Ireland
IS – Iceland	L – Luxembourg	LT – Lithuania
LV – Latvia	M – Malta	MA – Morocco
MD – Moldova	MK – Macedonia	MNE – Montenegro
N – Norway	NL – Netherlands	P – Portugal
PL – Poland	RO – Romania	RUS – Russia
S – Sweden	SRB – Serbia (except kosovo)	SK – Slovak republic
SLO – Slovenia	TN – Tunisia	TR – Turkey
UA – Ukraine	FL – Liechtenstein	FO – Faroe Islands