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Article 529-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For offences of the first four classes against the police of public rail transport services and regular and on-demand public passenger transport services, recorded by the agents mentioned in 4° and 5° of I of Article L. 2241-1 of the Transport Code, public action is extinguished, notwithstanding Article 521 of this code, by a settlement between the operator and the offender.

However, the provisions of the previous paragraph do not apply if several offences have been recorded simultaneously, at least one of which cannot give rise to a settlement.

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Article 529-3

Pour les contraventions des quatre premières classes à la police des services publics de transports ferroviaires et des services de transports publics de personnes, réguliers et à la demande, constatées par les agents mentionnés aux 4° et 5° du I de l’article L. 2241-1 du code des transports, l’action publique est éteinte, par dérogation à l’article 521 du présent code, par une transaction entre l’exploitant et le contrevenant.

Toutefois, les dispositions de l’alinéa précédent ne sont pas applicables si plusieurs infractions dont l’une au moins ne peut donner lieu à transaction ont été constatées simultanément.

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