Article R91 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure
Court costs are the procedural expenses, to be borne definitively or provisionally by the State, which result from a decision by the judicial authority or by a person acting under its direction or control. They include criminal, correctional and police court costs as well as costs assimilated to them. Criminal, correctional and police court costs correspond to expenses incurred in the course of criminal proceedings. They are listed in Article…