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Article D48-16 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 6, 2023

If, after transmission of a financial penalty, the sentenced person voluntarily pays a sum of money in respect of that penalty, the Public Prosecutor shall inform the competent authority of the State of enforcement thereof without delay by any means which leaves a written record, so that the amount recovered in France is deducted in full from the amount of the financial penalty being enforced in the State of enforcement.

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Article D48-17 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 6, 2023

The Public Prosecutor shall immediately inform the competent authority of the executing State by any means which leaves a written record of any decision or measure which has the effect of depriving the financial penalty of its enforceability or of removing its enforcement from that State, in particular in the event of an amnesty, pardon or review of the sentence.

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Article D48-18 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 6, 2023

Under the provisions of the fifth paragraph of Article 707-1, the public prosecutor shall pursue the enforcement of financial penalties imposed by the competent authorities of the Member States of the European Union. Enforcement in France of such pecuniary penalties shall be governed by French law in the same way as criminal fines imposed by French criminal courts, subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this section. The Public…

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Article D48-19 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 6, 2023

The financial penalty and the certificate issued by the competent authority of the issuing State shall be sent, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article D. 48-11, to the Public Prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction, where applicable via the Public Prosecutor. The public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction is that of the place where the convicted person’s habitual residence or registered office is located or, failing that, any of that…

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Article D48-20 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 6, 2023

Where the public prosecutor is considering applying the provisions set out in 1° of Article D. 48-22 or 4°, 6° and 7° of Article D. 48-23, it shall inform the competent authority of the issuing State without delay by any means that leaves a written record, so that the latter may, if appropriate, submit its observations. After ensuring that the request is in order, the public prosecutor shall enforce the…

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Article D48-22 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 5, 2023

Enforcement of a financial penalty may be refused in any of the following cases: 1° If the certificate is not produced, if it is drawn up incompletely or if it clearly does not correspond to the pecuniary penalty; 2° If the pecuniary penalty is less than 70 euros or an equivalent amount; 3° If the pecuniary penalty relates to acts that were committed, in whole or in part, on the…

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Article D48-24 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 5, 2023

Notwithstanding the provisions of 1° of article D. 48-23, the ground for refusal based on the absence of criminality under French law is not enforceable where the financial penalty relates to an offence which, under the law of the issuing State, falls within one of the categories of offences mentioned in Article 694-32 or in one of the following categories: -driving contrary to the rules relating to road traffic, breaches…

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