31.   Possible punishment for the charges would be a fine and loss of driving privileges in North Carolina as determined by the judge.

32.   That would have removed driving privileges, a move which the U.N. legal office said would violate diplomatic immunity.

33.   The city now demands that diplomats pay their parking fines within a year or face loss of license plates and driving privileges.

34.   The state Department of Motor Vehicles, which has the authority to suspend driving privileges, cannot take any action unless there is a conviction in the criminal case.

35.   Under the plan, violators could lose their license plates and driving privileges if they do not pay fines within a year.