Chapter IIa: Fixed fine procedure

I.-The first four classes of offences for which prosecution is extinguished by payment of a fixed fine are as follows: 1° Offences punishable under the Highway Code whether or not they result in a withdrawal of points allocated to the driving licence subject to the provisions of article R. 49-8-5 relating to the reduced fixed fine; 2° Offences relating to transport and traffic punishable under the first, third and fourth…

The amount of the fixed fine provided for in Article 529 is set as follows: 1° 4 euros for contraventions of the provisions of the Highway Code committed by pedestrians; 2° 11 euros for other 1st class contraventions; 3° 35 euros for 2nd class contraventions; 4° 68 euros for 3rd class contraventions; 5° 135 euros for 4th class contraventions; 6° 200 € for 5th class contraventions.

I.-A notice of offence and a payment card, the model for which is set by order of the Minister of Justice, shall be given to the offender when the offence is recorded. The notice mentions the time limit and procedures for the request provided for in the first paragraph of article 529-2, the amount of the fixed fine as well as the amount of the increased fixed fine that will…

The amount of the fine may be paid immediately into the hands of the ticketing officer in accordance with the procedures specified by order of the Minister for the Budget, the Minister for Justice and the Minister for the Interior: Either when the ticketing officer is in possession of a book of counterfoil receipts. 1° Or when the official is in possession of a book of counterfoil receipts; payment will…

Payment of the fixed fine due for tickets issued using the form described in article A. 37-1 and not immediately paid to the ticketing officer is made by sending either to the service indicated on the payment card attached to the notice of offence, or to the accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finances, a duly completed payment card to which a fine stamp is affixed, the issue,…

Payment of the fixed fine or the increased fixed fine may also be made within fifteen days by automated remote payment or by dematerialised stamp, at the end of the periods provided for in the articles 529-1,529-8,529-9 and 530.

The request submitted pursuant to article 529-2 shall state the reasons on which it is based and shall be accompanied by the notice of contravention.

The automatic increase in fixed fines provided for in the second paragraph of Article 529-2 and the second paragraph of Article 529-5 is recorded by the officer of the public prosecutor’s office, who mentions it on the enforcement order provided for in the first paragraph of Article 530. The enforcement order shall mention in an appendix, for each fine, the identity and address of the offender, the place and date…

The accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finances sends the offender an extract from the enforcement order concerning him/her in the form of a notice inviting him/her to pay the amount of the increased fixed fine. This notice contains, for each fine, the information provided for in the second paragraph of article R. 49-5 and indicates the time limit and procedures for the claim provided for in the…

When the notice of increased fixed fine sent by registered letter to the address appearing on the vehicle registration certificate, in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of article 530, is returned with the mention “no longer lives at the address indicated” or “left without leaving an address”, the accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finances sends the offender a reminder letter if he discovers his…