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Who pays the fine if the company's car has been flashed?

Verified 01 January 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

You wonder who pays the fine when it's the company's car that's flashed? Carte grise This page tells you which offenses are involved and how to proceed depending on whether the Certificate of Registration (C of R) is issued in the name of the company or in the name of the person who registered the vehicle.

Carte grise The holder of the vehicle's Certificate of Registration (C of R) must pay the fine of infringement the following radar rules:

  • Failure to wear a seat belt
  • Use of the handheld mobile phone
  • Use of lanes and roadways reserved for certain categories of vehicles such as buses and taxis
  • Circulation, stopping, and parking on emergency stop strips
  • Non-compliance with safety distances between vehicles
  • Overlap and crossing of continuous lines
  • Traffic in the prohibited direction
  • U-turn or reverse on a motorway
  • Non-compliance with signs requiring the stopping of vehicles (red light, stop...)
  • Non-compliance with maximum permitted speeds
  • Non-compliance with the rules on overtaking
  • Engaging in an intersection that may prevent a vehicle from passing on the other lane
  • No motorized two-wheeled helmet

Please note

driving without having taken out a motor insurance contract can also be detected via an automatic radar. It's an offense subject to specific rules. In the event of an accident, the driver without insurance may be charged by the Victims Guarantee Fund the amounts that will have been used to compensate the victim.

Carte grise The approach varies depending on whether the Certificate of Registration (C of R) is issued in the name of the company or person who registered the vehicle as legal person.

On behalf of the company

The company manager must indicate to the authority named on the notice of contravention the following:

  • Either the identity of the person driving when the infringement is established (surname, first name, address and reference of the license)
  • Either the evidence of theft (copy of receipt of theft complaint)
  • Either the evidence of license plate theft (copy of the receipt of the complaint for the offense of license plate theft)
  • Either the evidence of any other event of force majeure (reasoned statement explaining any other force majeure events and any supporting documents)

The process has to be done within 45 days after the notice of contravention has been sent.

The approach is:

  • or by post RAR: titleContent with the form attached to the notice of contravention,
  • either online on the websiteANTAI: titleContent, using the information contained in the notice of contravention. An acknowledgement of registration can be downloaded or printed at the end of the process.

Failure to comply with these provisions is punishable by up to €3,750. In general, it is a flat-rate fine of €675.

In the name of the person who registered the vehicle

The person who registered the vehicle as legal person shall indicate to the authority named on the notice of contravention the following:

  • Either the identity of the person driving when the infringement is established (surname, first name, address and reference of the license)
  • Either the evidence of theft (copy of receipt of theft complaint)
  • Either the evidence of license plate theft (copy of the receipt of the complaint for the offense of license plate theft)
  • Either the evidence of any other event of force majeure (reasoned statement explaining any other force majeure events and any supporting documents)
  • Let the proof that the vehicle is registered in his name carte grise (copy of the vehicle drawn up in his name)

The process has to be done within 45 days after the notice of contravention has been sent.

The approach is:

  • or by post RAR: titleContent with the form attached to the notice of contravention,
  • either online on the websiteANTAI: titleContent, using the information contained in the notice of contravention. An acknowledgement of registration can be downloaded or printed at the end of the process.

Failure to comply with these provisions is punishable by up to €3,750. In general, it is a flat-rate fine of €675.