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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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Article R49-6 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finances sends the offender an extract from the enforcement order concerning him/her in the form of a notice inviting him/her to pay the amount of the increased fixed fine. This notice contains, for each fine, the information provided for in the second paragraph of article R. 49-5 and indicates the time limit and procedures for the claim provided for in the…

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Article R49-6-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When the notice of increased fixed fine sent by registered letter to the address appearing on the vehicle registration certificate, in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of article 530, is returned with the mention “no longer lives at the address indicated” or “left without leaving an address”, the accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finances sends the offender a reminder letter if he discovers his…

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Article R49-7 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The amount of the increased fixed fine is set as follows: 1° 7 euros for contraventions of the provisions of the Highway Code committed by pedestrians; 2° 33 euros for other contraventions of the first class; 3° 75 euros for contraventions of the second class; 4° 180 euros for contraventions of the third class; 5° 375 euros for contraventions of the fourth class; 6° 450 € for contraventions of the…

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