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Article R49-7 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The amount of the increased fixed fine is set as follows: 1° 7 euros for contraventions of the provisions of the Highway Code committed by pedestrians; 2° 33 euros for other contraventions of the first class; 3° 75 euros for contraventions of the second class; 4° 180 euros for contraventions of the third class; 5° 375 euros for contraventions of the fourth class; 6° 450 € for contraventions of the…

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Article R49-8-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The operator of a public land transport service mentioned in article 529-3 who intends to have his agents approved to carry out the identity records provided for in II of Article 529-4, must: I.-Provide training for its officers covering: checks, verifications and identity records; the conditions for their implementation; the persons authorised to carry them out. II.-To set up procedures for permanent liaison between its agents and the territorially competent…

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Article R49-8-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

I.-The operator of a public land transport service shall submit to the representative of the State in the department in which it has its registered office and, in Paris, to the police prefect, a file describing the training and organisation arrangements provided for in article R. 49-8-1. This file includes the following information: 1° The name of the organisation or person providing the training; 2° The content and duration of…

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Article R49-8-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

I.-The public prosecutor competent to issue the authorisation referred to in the first paragraph of II of Article 529-4 is the public prosecutor at the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the operator’s registered office is located. II.-The public prosecutor makes his decision on the basis of the file submitted by the operator. This file includes the following information: 1° The order mentioned in II of Article R. 49-8-2; 2° The…

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Article R49-8-4-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

I.-For the application of article 529-6, a payment notice including a payment card as well as a protest card is sent by the operator to the holder of the registration certificate. For offences recorded following the use of a toll device enabling vehicles to be identified and the amount of the toll to be collected without recourse to a physical barrier, a single payment notice is sent for a single…

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Article R49-8-5 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The provisions of article 529-7 of this code relating to the fixed fine with a minority are applicable to second, third and fourth class offences mentioned in article R. 48-1 (1°) with the exception of offences punishable by the articles R. 417-1 to R. 417-13 and R. 421-7 du code de la route relative à l’arrêt et au stationnement dangereux, gênant ou abusif.

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Article R49-10 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

A notice of fine and a payment card, the model for which is set by order of the Minister of Justice, shall be given to the offender when one of the offences provided for in article R. 49-8-5. The notice mentions the amount of the reduced fixed fine, the time allowed to pay it and the person or service with whom payment must be made. It also mentions the procedure…

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