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Article D48-36 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the event of wilful failure to pay the sum of money corresponding to a pecuniary penalty imposed as a sentence for acts which would constitute under French law a felony or misdemeanour punishable by a custodial sentence, the sentence enforcement judge may, if the acts are punishable by a custodial sentence in the issuing State, order, under the conditions provided for in the articles 750 to 762, a judicial restraint.

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Article D48-36

En cas d’inexécution volontaire du paiement de la somme d’argent correspondant à une sanction pécuniaire prononcée à titre de condamnation pour des faits qui constitueraient selon la loi française un crime ou un délit puni d’une peine privative de liberté, le juge de l’application des peines peut, si les faits sont passibles d’une peine privative de liberté dans l’Etat d’émission, ordonner, dans les conditions prévues aux articles 750 à 762, une contrainte judiciaire.

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