Chapter IIa: Fixed fine 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…

The transaction is effected by the payment to the operator for whose benefit the security service is provided, of a fixed indemnity and, where applicable, the sum due in respect of the transport. I. – This payment is made: 1 Either, when the offence is observed, into the hands of an agent mentioned in 4° or in 5° of I of Article L. 2241-1 of the Transport Code; 2 Or,…

Within the period stipulated in the previous article, the offender must pay the amount due under the transaction, unless he lodges a protest with the operator’s department within three months of the offence being recorded. This protest, together with the official statement of offence, is forwarded to the Public Prosecutor’s Office. Failing payment or protest within the aforementioned three-month period, the official statement of offence is forwarded by the operator…

Officers of the public prosecutor’s office at one or more police courts, the list and jurisdiction of which shall be determined by decree, shall be competent to issue enforcement orders for the increased fixed fines provided for by article 529-5 when they concern offences mentioned in article 529-3 and committed to the detriment of certain operators of public passenger transport services, the list of which is specified by decree. In…

I. – For offences for non-payment of tolls recorded by sworn agents of the operator of a motorway or road structure open to public traffic and subject to tolls, including in the context of Article L. 130-9of the Highway Code, public action is extinguished, by way of derogation from Article 521 of this Code, by a transaction between the operator and the offender. However, the first paragraph does not apply…