Legislative part

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…

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…

Contentious incidents relating to the enforcement of the enforcement order and the rectification of any material errors it may contain shall be referred to the police court, which shall rule in accordance with the provisions of article 711.

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…

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…

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…

The time limits mentioned in articles 529-8,529-9 and 530 are assessed, if the fine is paid by post, by reference to the date of dispatch of the means of payment as evidenced by the postal operator’s stamp.

For the application of the provisions relating to the fixed fine, the place of automated processing of nominative information relating to offences recorded by an official report drawn up in digital format is considered to be the place where the offence was recorded.