How do you deal with a company car that has been flashed by radar?
Verified 07 December 2023 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
If you have received a notice from contravention concerning a company vehicle, you do not pay the fine immediately. You must first identify the driver of the vehicle or challenge the ticket.
You can also register the vehicle as natural person if you have mistakenly registered the business vehicle as a legal person.
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Carte grise The holder of the
As a legal representative of the legal person, you must indicate to the authority named on the notice of contravention the following:
- Either the identity and address of the person driving (including yourself) when the infringement is established (designation)
- 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:
- 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.
- Either by mail RAR: titleContent with the form attached to the notice of contravention.
If you fail to comply with these obligations, the company as a legal person is punished by a lump sum fine of €675.
In the event of a challenge, the judge may impose a maximum fine of €3,750
The judge may also decide to punish you, as the legal representative of the company, with a maximum fine of €750.
Carte grise The holder of the vehicle is a natural person who has registered the vehicle as a legal person
If you registered the business vehicle as a legal person, you must indicate to the authority named on the notice of contravention the following:
- Either the identity and address of the person driving (including yourself) when the infringement is established (designation)
- Let the proof that the vehicle is registered in your name carte grise (copy of the vehicle in your name)
- 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:
- 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.
- Either by mail RAR: titleContent with the form attached to the notice of contravention.
If you fail to meet these obligations, you risk a lump sum fine of €135.
In the event of a challenge, the judge may impose a maximum fine of €750
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