French Code of Criminal Procedure
In forceThe provisions of articles 707-2 and 707-3 relating to the reduction in the amount of fines and fixed procedural fees in the event of voluntary payment within one month are applicable :
1° To fines handed down by the police court, the juvenile court, the criminal court or the court of appeal, as well as by any other criminal court against a person found guilty of a contravention or an offence, whether the decision is an adversarial decision, an adversarial decision to be served, a decision by default or a criminal order ;
2° Aux amendes prononcées par la cour d'assises à l'encontre d'une personne qui est uniquement condamnée pour une contravention ou un délit ;
3° Aux amendes homologuées selon la procédure de comparution sur reconnaissance préalable de culpabilité ;
4° To day fines, when the fine is paid within the one-month period provided for in article 707-2, regardless of the due date resulting from the application of the provisions of Article 131-25 of the Penal Code, whether it is a contradictory decision, a contradictory decision to be served or a decision by default ;
5° Aux amendes forfaitaires majorées;
6° Aux droits fixes de procédure prévus par les dispositions de Article 1018-A of the General Tax Code.
They are not applicable to:
1° Composition fines provided for by 1° of article 41-2 ;
2° Aux amendes forfaitaires minorées ou aux amendes forfaitaires non majorées ;
3° Aux amendes douanières ou aux amendes fiscales.
