What the CJIB is, why your company receives the fine and how to process CJIB fines efficiently without unnecessary surcharges.
Businesses with one or more vehicles will sooner or later deal with CJIB fines. For a fleet, that can add up to dozens of fines a month. Those who understand how the CJIB works and set up the processing properly avoid surcharges and save a lot of administrative time.
The CJIB — in full, the Centraal Justitieel Incassobureau (Central Judicial Collection Agency) — is the organisation that collects traffic fines and other sanctions in the Netherlands on behalf of the government. The vast majority of traffic offences detected by camera or by licence plate, such as speeding and parking offences, are handled via the CJIB. The fine is sent to the registered keeper of the vehicle involved.
In the Netherlands, the principle of registered-keeper liability applies to offences detected by licence plate. This means the fine goes to the registered keeper, regardless of who was driving the vehicle at the time. If a car is registered to the company, the company therefore receives the fine. It is then up to the organisation to place the fine internally with the right driver and, where applicable, recharge it to that driver.
CJIB fines have a fixed payment deadline. If a fine is not paid on time, a first surcharge follows, and if payment continues to be missed, a second one. The original amount can therefore rise considerably. For a business with many vehicles, monitoring those deadlines is therefore not a detail but a direct cost. The main causes of unnecessary surcharges are:
The solution is a structured process in which every CJIB fine is registered and followed up immediately. Fleetfines imports the PDF of a CJIB fine fully automatically: the fine date, the amount, the location, the time and the licence plate are recognised without you having to retype anything. You then link the fine to the right driver and send a payment request. Because the system monitors the status and reminds automatically, no fine is left lying around until a surcharge follows.
Managing a larger fleet? Then also read the in-depth guide on managing traffic fines across your fleet.
The CJIB (Centraal Justitieel Incassobureau) is the organisation that collects traffic fines and other sanctions in the Netherlands on behalf of the government. Traffic offences detected by licence plate are handled via the CJIB.
Because of registered-keeper liability, a fine detected by licence plate goes to the registered keeper. For a company vehicle that is the business, regardless of who was driving at the time.
If a fine is not paid within the set deadline, a first and possibly a second surcharge follows. The amount due can rise considerably as a result, so timely processing is important.
Yes. Fleetfines recognises the fields of CJIB fines automatically from the PDF, so the fine date, amount, location and licence plate are in the system instantly without manual retyping.
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