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Article R231 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The convicted party may appeal against the provision of the decision relating to the liquidation of costs. This appeal is brought before the court of appeal in the event that the decision containing the liquidation can be undertaken by this route. In the event that the decision containing the award of costs is not subject to appeal, the appeal shall be brought before the investigating chamber. The appeal shall be…

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Article R233 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The certified or taxed statement or statement of costs of the stakeholder shall be ordered by the heads of the court of appeal or their delegates, unless specific provisions provide for the payment of the costs in particular by the imprest administrator. Where he is competent, the imprest administrator, in the event of disagreement over a certified statement or statement of costs, shall request the public prosecutor to issue requisitions…

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Article R234 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the case of a certified statement or memorandum, the stakeholder within one month of collection of the sum, or the assigning accountant, for the costs referred to in 2° and 3° of Articles R. 224-1 and R. 224-2, within one month of receipt of the request for payment, may submit a claim to the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the court whose clerk or designated official carried out the certification,…

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Article R241 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The following are declared to be borne by the State in all cases and without recourse against convicted persons: 1° Costs and expenses incurred in the event of a court decision correcting or interpreting a previous decision; 2° Costs incurred before the commission provided for in Article 16-2.

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Article R242 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

A statement shall be drawn up for each criminal or police case, showing the liquidation of costs other than those borne by the State without recourse to the convicted persons. During the investigation, this statement is drawn up by the investigating clerk as and when the costs are incurred as stated in Article 81, paragraph 2. This liquidation must be inserted either in the order, or in the judgment, ruling…

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Article R244 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The court clerk must submit to the departmental or, where applicable, regional director of public finance, as soon as the conviction has become final, an extract of the order, judgment or ruling, as regards the liquidation and the order to reimburse costs or a copy of the statement of liquidation made enforceable.

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Article R249 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Le recouvrement des frais de justice avancés par le Trésor public qui ne restent pas définitivement à la charge de l’Etat est poursuivi à la diligence des comptables de la direction générale des finances publiques par toutes voies de droit et notamment celle de la contrainte judiciaire s’il y a lieu.

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Article R249-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The compensation provided for by article 800-2 includes compensation for legal fees incurred by the person being prosecuted, the amount of which may not exceed the State’s contribution to the remuneration of the lawyer who would have assisted the person concerned under the legal aid scheme for the whole of the proceedings leading to the decision to dismiss, acquit or acquit. This compensation also includes, unless the person being prosecuted…

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Article R249-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Compensation must be requested from the investigating or trial court before it rules on the public prosecution. The application shall be the subject of a request dated and signed by the applicant or his lawyer, addressed to the court either by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or by delivery to the clerk’s office against receipt: 1° At the latest before the expiry of the twenty-day period provided for by…

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