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Article R2333-120-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The system enabling immediate payment of the parking charge provided for in Article L. 2333-87, including in dematerialised form, informs the driver of: a) The immediate payment rate scale applicable in the paid parking zone; b) The amount of the applicable post-parking charge. The information is supplemented by the following statement: “The paid parking fee is paid either when the parking period begins or by payment of a post-parking charge…

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Article R2333-120-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Immediate payment of the parking charge gives rise to the issue of a printed or electronically transmitted receipt. This receipt includes the following information: a) The date and time of printing or transmission of the receipt; b) The date and time of the end of the immediately paid parking period; c) The amount of the parking charge paid; d) The rate scale applied in the parking zone; e) A reminder…

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Article R2333-120-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – The amount of the fixed-rate parking charge due is notified by a payment notice that comprises two parts entitled respectively “Establishment of the payment notice for the fixed-rate parking charge” and “Payment procedures and disputes”: 1° The first part of the payment notice includes, in order, the following information: a) The name of the commune, public establishment for inter-communal cooperation or mixed syndicate that instituted the fee; b)…

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Article R2333-120-5 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The amount of the fee paid at the start of the parking period is deducted from the amount of the post-parking charge, provided that the following conditions are met: 1° The proof of payment corresponding to the amount paid is affixed to the vehicle or transmitted by dematerialised means in accordance with the provisions of article R. 417-3-1 of the Highway Code; 2° The maximum duration of paid parking, in…

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Article R2333-120-6 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

To determine the time from which a new payment notice may be issued, the following shall be taken into account: 1° In the absence of any proof of immediate payment of the fee affixed to the vehicle or transmitted by dematerialised means in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 417-3-1 of the Highway Code, the time at which the sworn official issues the payment notice increased by the maximum…

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Article R2333-120-7 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The information appearing on a payment notice drawn up in accordance with article R. 2333-120-4 is reproduced, in accordance with the procedures that it determines, by the entity responsible for issuing them. They are kept for three years. The obligations provided for in the previous paragraph are incumbent on the authority to which the sworn official reports as regards dematerialised payment notices produced by the technical payment device provided for…

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Article R2333-120-8 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

No one may be appointed to issue payment notices for the post-parking charge or continue to carry out this activity if they do not meet the following conditions: 1° Be of French nationality or a national of another Member State of the European Union, another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or the Swiss Confederation; 2° Present guarantees of good character and probity, assessed in particular…

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Article R2333-120-9 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Before taking up their duties, the persons appointed to issue notices for payment of the post-parking charge shall take an oath before the judicial court in the place of their administrative residence or, failing that, their domicile or, in the case of agents of the contracting third party not established in France, in the place of the head office of the local authority or public establishment that has contracted with…

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Article R2333-120-10 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

When the payment notice is notified by the Agence nationale de traitement automatisé des infractions, the information to be entered on this notice, including the notice number, is recorded as soon as it is validated by the sworn official and then transmitted to the agency in a secure manner. A joint order by the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Transport sets out the technical specifications for ensuring…

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