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Article D48-19 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The financial penalty and the certificate issued by the competent authority of the issuing State shall be sent, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article D. 48-11, to the Public Prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction, where applicable via the Public Prosecutor.

The public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction is that of the place where the convicted person’s habitual residence or registered office is located or, failing that, any of that person’s assets or income. However, for fines relating to road traffic offences, the officer of the public prosecutor’s office or the public prosecutor of the place where the automated processing of the recovery of these fines is carried out also has jurisdiction.

If the public prosecutor to whom the financial penalty has been forwarded does not have territorial jurisdiction to act on it, he or she will forward it without delay to the public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction and will inform the competent authority of the issuing State by any means that leaves a written record.

>The public prosecutor of the issuing State will inform the competent authority of the issuing State by any means that leaves a written record.

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Article D48-19

La sanction pécuniaire et le certificat émanant de l’autorité compétente de l’Etat d’émission sont transmis, selon les modalités prévues à l’article D. 48-11, au procureur de la République territorialement compétent, le cas échéant par l’intermédiaire du procureur général.

Le procureur de la République territorialement compétent est celui du lieu où se situe la résidence habituelle ou le siège de la personne condamnée ou, à défaut, l’un quelconque des biens ou des revenus de cette personne. Toutefois, pour les amendes concernant des infractions en matière de circulation routière, est également compétent l’officier du ministère public ou le procureur de la République du lieu où est réalisé le traitement automatisé de recouvrement de ces amendes.

Si le procureur de la République à qui la sanction pécuniaire a été transmise n’est pas territorialement compétent pour y donner suite, il la transmet sans délai au procureur de la République territorialement compétent et en informe par tout moyen laissant une trace écrite l’autorité compétente de l’Etat d’émission.

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