Appendices: Infringements
Administrative justice

• Offence classes and contraventions

In criminal law, offenses are behaviors strictly prohibited by criminal law and punishable by a penalty stipulated by the law. Criminal offenses are classified, in descending order of seriousness, as felonies, misdemeanors and infractions.

Contraventions are offences punishable by a fine not exceeding 3,000 euros.

There are five classes of contraventions, each with a different maximum fine:

• 38 euros maximum for 1^re class;

• 150 euros maximum for 2nd class ;

• 450 euros maximum for those in 3rd class;

• 750 euros maximum for 4th class offences;

• 1,500 euros maximum for 5th class contraventions (this amount may be increased to 3,000 euros in the event of a repeat offence where the regulations so provide, except where...