How to park when driving in France ?

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Parking fee standards: Parking spaces marked with "Payant" are charged at a rate of about 2-4 euros per hour. Take a ticket upon entry and pay upon exit. Parking precautions: 1. Regular cars can only park in parking spaces marked with white. Spaces marked with "Payant" are charged, while those without any markings are free. Yellow marked spaces are only for special vehicles, and spaces marked with "GIC-GIG" are only for permit holders. Illegal parking generally incurs a fine of 35 euros. 2. Parking is not allowed in the following areas: on the side of the road opposite the direction of travel; pedestrian crossings or sidewalks; reserved parking spaces, taxi spaces, fire truck spaces, or ambulance spaces; parking spaces reserved for disabled persons.

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Roadside parking lots have machines to buy parking time, and then put the ticket in the car's wiper position; entering a multi-level parking lot will take a ticket, and when leaving, you must pay at a special payment machine (insert the ticket), and then insert the ticket at the exit to leave.

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