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Article 529-11 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The notice of contravention provided for by articles 529-1 and 529-8 or the payment notice for the settlement provided for by Article 529-6 may be sent following the discovery of a traffic offence committed using an approved automatic control device. In the event of a complaint being lodged with the police court, the official report or the report of the officer or agent of the judicial police or of the…

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Article 530 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The title referred to in the second paragraph of Article 529-2, in the second paragraph of Article 529-5 or the second paragraph of III of Article 529-6 is enforced in accordance with the rules laid down by this Code for the enforcement of police judgments. The statute of limitations on the penalty begins to run from the date on which the Public Prosecutor signs the enforcement order, which may be…

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Article 530-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In view of the request made pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 529-2, of the protest lodged pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 529-5, of that provided for by III of Article 529-6 or the claim made pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 530, the public prosecutor may either waive prosecution or proceed in accordance with the articles 524 to 528-2 or articles 531 and following, or…

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Article 530-2-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When notices of fines or increased fixed fines are sent to a person residing abroad, the time limits set out in articles 529-1,529-2,529-8,529-9 and 530 are increased by one month. The provisions of articles 529-10 and 530 of this code and of articles L. 121-2 and L. 121-3 of the Highway Code relating to holders of the vehicle registration certificate are applicable to persons whose identity appears on equivalent documents…

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Article 530-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

A decree in the Conseil d’Etat shall set the amount of fixed fines and indemnities, reduced fixed fines and increased fixed fines as well as the costs of setting up the case and shall specify the terms and conditions for the application of this chapter, in particular by determining the conditions under which the agents authorised to record offences shall be sworn and shall collect the amount of fixed fines…

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Article 530-4 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When the person who has been fined an increased fixed-rate fine does not dispute the reality of the ticket but, because of financial difficulties, requests payment deadlines or an ex gratia remission, they send their reasoned request not to the officer of the public prosecutor’s office, but to the competent public accountant. In this case, Article 529-10 is not applicable. If he considers the request justified, the competent public accountant…

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