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TAKING ACTION FOR PUBLIC POLICY

Originally set up to provide a rapid, effective and proportionate response to road traffic offences, ANTAI now handles on average 30 million cases of various offences annually, resulting in more than 50 million letters sent per year for:

  • offences recorded by enforcement equipment (speed and traffic light cameras) or by electronic ticket
  • failure to designate drivers of commercial vehicles
  • fixed fine notices applicable to driving without a licence, driving without a licence appropriate to the class of vehicle, driving without insurance, and, since 1st September 2020, fixed fine notices for illegal drug use

During the pandemic, ANTAI was also called on to provide operational support to French national security forces and ensure compliance with health regulations, thereby helping to protect the population against COVID.

The National Processing Centre provides effective automated processing

At the National Processing Centre (CNT) in Rennes, ANTAI designs, operates, and develops the systems and applications that are needed to automatically process different types of offences. This single, centralised and secure production site brings together all those involved in automated processing to guarantee consistency and ensure the operational efficiency of the criminal justice system.

CACIR, the automated road traffic enforcement centre located in the National Processing Centre (CNT) in Rennes, records offences using photos taken by traffic enforcement cameras.

 

TRANSFORMING PUBLIC POLICY

Digitising the entire processing chain

Working towards the simplification of administrative processes and the French government's digital transformation, ANTAI contributes to improve the quality and efficiency of public action by making each stage of the offence processing chain paperless, for the benefit of users and partners involved in offence and/or appeal processing. ANTAI also ensures the legal and IT security of the procedures and tools it develops.
ANTAI plays a key role in creating innovative services, making administrative procedures more reliable, and using data effectively for the various public policies it supports.

Transforming the relationship with users

ANTAI has two key missions with regard to users:

  • providing them with information and support
  • providing access to online services for appeals, designations and payments

ANTAI has a call centre that can be reached on six toll-free numbers (in French, English, German, Dutch and Spanish) to provide information and assistance to users.
Since 2016, extensive work has been carried out to optimise ANTAI's digital services: overhauling the agency's website to adapt it to all screen types (smartphones, tablets, desktop computers, TVs, etc.), simplifying online navigation, sending electronic notifications, and so on.

Fixed fines can be e-ticketed

Since the end of 2018, three traffic offences have been punishable by fixed fine: driving without insurance, driving without a licence, and driving without a licence appropriate to the vehicle class. The development of a pioneering criminal information system (SID), linking around ten partners, has meant it is now possible to apply fixed fines for these three offences.
Thanks to this new processing chain, in addition it is now possible to apply fixed fines for drug use since 1st September 2020. The modernisation of the judicial system means that fixed fines could also be applied to other offences (provided for by the Law of 23 March 2019).

 

Agent verbalisateur relevant le numéro d'immatriculation d'un véhicule dans le cadre du FPS

SUPPORTING LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND PROFESSIONALS

Since its creation, ANTAI has been a partner of local authorities and businesses, and develops services adapted to their needs. It supports them by providing digital services and special telephone numbers.

Deploying electronic tickets with local stakeholders

Since its creation, ANTAI has been providing local and regional authorities with ticketing solutions as part of the deployment of electronic tickets. To simplify offence recording and management, all municipalities who have ticket-giving officers can be linked directly to the National Processing Centre (CNT) in Rennes.

Supporting paid parking reform

Since 2018, ANTAI has also been providing a range of services to local authorities that have introduced a paid parking charge on their territory as part of the decentralisation of this remit, offering them:

  • the publication and dispatch of payment notices for post-parking fixed fees (FPS) issued on behalf of local authorities
  • a specific FPS area on the ANTAI website for local services and users, a call centre to answer their questions, and a technical support service in direct contact with the local authorities' service providers.

 

ATTENTION

ANTAI cannot judge the admissibility of appeals or cancel fines.

These procedures are the responsibility of the Public Prosecutor's office, in its capacity as representative of the judicial authority and under the supervision of the Public Prosecutor, who may reject an appeal if it does not comply with the appeal procedure (i.e. no statement of grounds; statement of grounds outside the time limit; appeal not sent with the original notice and/or fine deposit payment; documents sent by ordinary post instead of recorded delivery, etc.), dismiss an appeal, or refer the matter to the local judge.
Only the Public Prosecutor can decide whether an increased fixed fine can be reinstated at its initial amount.

Similarly, fine reimbursement is the responsibility of the French Public Treasury, not ANTAI. The person liable for the fine must apply directly to the tax office that issued the document, either the Automated Traffic Enforcement Treasury ("Trésorerie du Contrôle Automatisé") or the local tax office whose details are on the top left of the document.

Making it easier to designate commercial vehicles

Since the introduction of the obligation to designate the drivers of commercial vehicles became effective in 2017, ANTAI has provided fleet managers with tools to help them carry out all the necessary procedures online: individual designation, batch designation, or fully automated designation through an agreement signed with ANTAI.
As a result, almost 75% of commercial vehicle driver designations are now made online.

Main legal texts relating to ANTAI's activity