Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

The fixed fine procedure is applicable to offences for which the law so provides, when these offences are recorded by an electronic report drawn up using a secure device allowing the use of a signature in digital form in accordance with Article 801-1.

Following the discovery of the offence, a notice of offence, a payment notice and a request for exoneration form, are sent to the person’s home address by simple letter. When the offence is detected, the person is informed that they will receive a fixed fine notice at the address they have declared. This notice is mentioned in the electronic report drawn up in accordance with article D. 45-3. When the…

The offence notice shall include information relating to: 1° The offending department, the nature, place and date of the offence, the references of the texts punishing this offence, and the identity of the offender; 1° bis When the offence is committed while driving a vehicle, the identification details of the vehicle and the identity of the driver or, when this cannot be ascertained, that of the holder of the registration…

The payment notice specifies the methods of payment of the fixed fine provided for in article D. 45-8.

The request for exoneration form specifies the conditions for admissibility of the request provided for in article 495-18, the methods of payment of the deposit except in the cases provided for by article D. 45-15, as well as the penalties set out in articles 226-10 and 441-1 of the Penal Code. On pain of inadmissibility, the request submitted pursuant to article 495-18 must state the reasons on which it is…

Payment of the fixed fine or the deposit is made in accordance with the procedures set out in the second paragraph of article R. 49-3.

The time limits mentioned in articles 495-18 and 495-19 are assessed, in the event that payment of the fine is sent by post, with regard to the date of dispatch of the means of payment attested by the postal operator’s stamp. When notices of offence or increased fixed fine are sent to a person residing abroad, that person may make payment within one month of the deadlines mentioned in articles…

The automatic increase in fixed fines provided for by the last paragraph of article 495-18 is recorded by the Public Prosecutor, who mentions it on the enforcement order provided for in the first paragraph of Article 495-19. The enforcement order shall mention in an annex, for each fine, the identity and domicile of the person concerned, the place and date of the offence and the amount of the increased fixed…

The accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finance sends the interested party, for each fine, an extract from the enforcement order concerning him in the form of a notice inviting him to pay the amount of the increased fixed fine. This notice contains the information provided for in 1° of article D. 45-5 and indicates the time limit and procedures for the complaint provided for in the second…

The public prosecutor who receives an admissible claim shall immediately inform the accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finance of the cancellation of the enforcement order in respect of the contested fine. .