French General Code of Local Authorities
In forceThe mandatory prior administrative appeal provided for in VI of article L. 2333-87 is exercised, within a period of one month from the date of notification of the payment notice for the parking charge defined in II of article L. 2333-87, by the holder of the vehicle registration certificate or, in the cases provided for in VII of article L. 2333-87, the lessee or purchaser of the vehicle. The holder of the vehicle registration certificate, the lessee or the purchaser of the vehicle may authorise any person to lodge the appeal, in his name and on his behalf. In this case, the mandate shall be produced with the appeal.
On pain of inadmissibility, the appeal shall be:
1° Submitted by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or, where applicable, via the electronic process mentioned in the payment notice;
2° Accompanied by a statement of the facts and grounds on which the claim is based;
3° Accompanied by a copy of the disputed payment notice, the registration certificate for the vehicle concerned or, in the case provided for in VII of Article L. 2333-87, of the declaration of transfer of the vehicle and of its acknowledgement of registration in the vehicle registration system and, where applicable, of the documents enabling the merits of the request to be assessed.
The competent authority has a period of one month from the date of receipt of the appeal indicated on the postal or electronic notice of receipt to consider the appeal, on expiry of which silence will be deemed to constitute a decision to reject.
If the appeal is upheld, the competent authority shall notify the applicant of a corrective payment notice drawn up in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 2333-120-14.
The sworn official who drew up the contested payment notice may not examine the compulsory prior administrative appeal directed against this payment notice.
