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Article R224-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In addition, the following are subject to the certification procedure provided for in article R. 225: 1° The costs listed in article R. 93 that are subject to a fee structure set by a regulatory provision; 2° The State’s contributory share in the remuneration of court officers in matters of legal aid; 3° Costs assimilated to criminal, correctional and police court costs, other than those mentioned in 1° and 2°…

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Article R225 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When the statement or memorandum relates to costs mentioned in 1° and 3° of article R. 224-1 and article R. 224-2, the court clerk or any other category B civil servant from the judicial services, after having made any necessary adjustments, certifies that he has verified the reality of the debt and its amount. When the statement relates to expenses mentioned in 2° of Article R. 224-1, this certificate is…

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Article R226 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Statements or briefs relating to criminal, correctional and police court costs other than those listed in Article R. 224-1 are forwarded for requisition to the public prosecutor’s office of the jurisdiction in which the court has its seat. The public prosecutor forwards the statement or brief, together with his or her submissions, to the taxing magistrate.

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Article R227 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The president of each court or the magistrate he delegates for this purpose shall tax statements or memoranda relating to costs incurred on the decision of authorities belonging to that court or persons acting under the control of those authorities. The president of the judicial court may also delegate to the examining magistrate, the sentence enforcement magistrate or the juvenile magistrate the taxation of costs incurred by them.

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Article R228-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The tax order may be appealed by the party or the public prosecutor before the investigating chamber, regardless of the court to which the taxing magistrate belongs. The time limit for appeal is ten days from notification. The time limit for lodging an appeal and the lodging of an appeal within the time limit shall suspend execution.

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Article R229 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

An appeal against the tax order may be lodged with the examining magistrate’s chamber by the public prosecutor, at the request of the assigning accounting officer within a period of one month from receipt of the request for payment. In matters of legal aid, the one-month period runs from the transmission that is made by the competent authorising officer to the assigning accounting officer of the tax order. A reasoned…

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Article R230 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The appeals referred to in the preceding articles shall be lodged by declaration to the registry of the taxing magistrate or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt sent to that registry. The stakeholder shall be informed of the public prosecutor’s appeal by registered letter, sent by the registry. The decision of the investigating chamber shall be sent for enforcement to the registry of the court to which the taxing…

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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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