Subsection 3: Deposit of a sum by the transport company that has disembarked a foreign national without the required documents

The amount of the sum deposited by a transport company pursuant to article L. 821-9 is mentioned on the official report recording the breach provided for in article L. 821-12. If no deposit is made, this is mentioned under the same conditions.The sum deposited is handed over without delay to an accountant from the Directorate General of Public Finances.

The sum deposited shall be deducted from the amount of the administrative fine imposed pursuant to article L. 821-6.

As soon as it decides not to impose a fine, the competent administrative authority referred to in Article R.* 821-1 shall issue an order for restitution of the amount of the deposit.

Where the amount of the fine imposed is less than the amount of the sum deposited, the accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finance mentioned in article R. 821-8, in view of the enforcement order, shall refund to the transport company the sum corresponding to the difference between the second amount and the first. .

The accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finance mentioned in article R. 821-8 shall return all or part of the sum deposited within one month of the date of receipt by his departments of the writ of execution or the restitution order mentioned in article R. 821-10.