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Article D48-31 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The public prosecutor who enforces a financial penalty covered by Article D. 48-30 notifies the convicted person by registered letter that, if he or she pays the amount of this pecuniary penalty within one month of the date on which this letter is sent, the amount of the sum of money ordered as a sentence, the sum of money relating to the costs of the judicial or administrative proceedings and,…

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Article D48-32 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The reduction in the financial penalty provided for by Article D. 48-30 only applies in the event of simultaneous payment, within a period of one month, of the sum of money ordered as a sentence, the sum of money relating to the costs of the judicial or administrative proceedings and, if applicable, the sum of money allocated to a public fund or a victim support organisation. The reduction applies to…

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Article D48-33 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

A statement of financial penalties is sent to the accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finance at the same time as the notice provided for in Article D. 48-31. These statements are sent under the simplified dispatch note provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 55-5.

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