Section 1: Scope of application

The provisions of articles 707-2 and 707-3 relating to the reduction in the amount of fines and fixed procedural fees in the event of voluntary payment within one month are applicable : 1° To fines handed down by the police court, the juvenile court, the criminal court or the court of appeal, as well as by any other criminal court against a person found guilty of a contravention or an…

Where the conviction is the result of a contradictory decision to be served or a decision by default, the one-month period provided for in Article 707-2 shortens from the date of service. The notice provided for in Article 707-3 shall appear in the judgment or be attached to the document of service.

When the conviction results from a criminal order, the one-month period provided for in Article 707-2 runs from the sending of the registered letter provided for in Articles 495-3 and 527 or notification by the public prosecutor or his delegate as provided for in article 495-3. In the case provided for by the penultimate paragraph of articles 495-3 and 527, it runs from the date on which the person became…

In the event of conviction to a fine, the reduction provided for by Article 707-2 only applies in the event of simultaneous payment, within one month, of the fine, the fixed procedural fee provided for by the provisions of article 1018 A of the General Tax Code and, where applicable, the increase in the fine provided for by the articles L. 211-27 and L. 421-8 of the Insurance Code in…