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Article R48 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finance shall proceed with the recovery of the criminal order upon expiry of the period of thirty days from the date of dispatch of the registered letter provided for in Article R. 42, unless an objection is lodged.

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Article R48-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

I.-The first four classes of offences for which prosecution is extinguished by payment of a fixed fine are as follows: 1° Offences punishable under the Highway Code whether or not they result in a withdrawal of points allocated to the driving licence subject to the provisions of article R. 49-8-5 relating to the reduced fixed fine; 2° Offences relating to transport and traffic punishable under the first, third and fourth…

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Article R49 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The amount of the fixed fine provided for in Article 529 is set as follows: 1° 4 euros for contraventions of the provisions of the Highway Code committed by pedestrians; 2° 11 euros for other 1st class contraventions; 3° 35 euros for 2nd class contraventions; 4° 68 euros for 3rd class contraventions; 5° 135 euros for 4th class contraventions; 6° 200 € for 5th class contraventions.

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Article R49-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

I.-A notice of offence and a payment card, the model for which is set by order of the Minister of Justice, shall be given to the offender when the offence is recorded. The notice mentions the time limit and procedures for the request provided for in the first paragraph of article 529-2, the amount of the fixed fine as well as the amount of the increased fixed fine that will…

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Article R49-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The amount of the fine may be paid immediately into the hands of the ticketing officer in accordance with the procedures specified by order of the Minister for the Budget, the Minister for Justice and the Minister for the Interior: Either when the ticketing officer is in possession of a book of counterfoil receipts. 1° Or when the official is in possession of a book of counterfoil receipts; payment will…

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Article R49-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Payment of the fixed fine due for tickets issued using the form described in article A. 37-1 and not immediately paid to the ticketing officer is made by sending either to the service indicated on the payment card attached to the notice of offence, or to the accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finances, a duly completed payment card to which a fine stamp is affixed, the issue,…

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Article R49-5 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The automatic increase in fixed fines provided for in the second paragraph of Article 529-2 and the second paragraph of Article 529-5 is recorded by the officer of the public prosecutor’s office, who mentions it on the enforcement order provided for in the first paragraph of Article 530. The enforcement order shall mention in an appendix, for each fine, the identity and address of the offender, the place and date…

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