Section 1: Common provisions

The financial penalties that may be enforced pursuant to the fifth paragraph of Article 707-1 are those resulting from a decision, taken by the competent authority of a Member State of the European Union, known as the issuing State, imposing, definitively, on a natural or legal person the payment of a : 1° sum of money imposed as a sentence for an offence; 2° compensation awarded to victims where they…

Financial penalties imposed by: 1° A court of the issuing State in respect of a criminal offence under the law of that State; 2° An authority of the issuing State other than a court in respect of a criminal offence under the law of that State, provided that the person concerned has had the opportunity to have the case brought before a court having jurisdiction, in particular in criminal matters…

Financial penalties may be transmitted, for the purpose of enforcement, to any Member State of the European Union in which the sentenced person has his habitual residence, possesses property or income, or has his registered office. The Public Prosecutor shall be competent, in accordance with the rules and under the conditions determined by this Chapter, to transmit a financial penalty to the competent authorities of the other Member States of…

Any financial penalty shall be accompanied by a certificate issued by the authority competent to enforce financial penalties, containing the following particulars: 1° Identification of the authority which imposed the financial penalty and of the authority competent to enforce that financial penalty in the issuing State; 2° Identification of the central authority competent to transmit and receive financial penalties, where such an authority has been designated; 3° The nature and…

The certificate must be translated into the official language or one of the official languages of the executing State or into one of the official languages of the institutions of the European Communities accepted by that State.

The financial penalty or a certified copy thereof and the certificate shall, subject to the provisions of the second subparagraph, be forwarded directly by the competent authority of the issuing State to the competent authority of the executing State by any means which leaves a written record under conditions allowing the latter authority to verify their authenticity. Where a Member State of the European Union has made a declaration to…