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Article R112 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When experts are heard, either before courts or tribunals, or before investigating magistrates in connection with the assignment entrusted to them, they shall be awarded, in addition to their travel and subsistence expenses if applicable, an allowance determined by the following formula: I = 3.05 euros + (S × 4), where S is the minimum interprofessional growth wage as fixed on 1st January of the current year. When the hearing…

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Article R113 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When the experts justify that they were unable to carry out their mission due to circumstances beyond their control, the instructing magistrates may, by reasoned decision submitted for the approval of the president of the investigating chamber, award them compensation, in addition to their travel, subsistence and other out-of-pocket expenses if applicable.

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Article R115 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The instructing magistrates may authorise the experts to receive advance payments during the proceedings either when they have carried out work of exceptional importance, or when they have been required to make expensive transport or personal advances. However, the total amount of the instalments may not exceed half of the estimated costs and fees.

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Article R116 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Each expert appointed in accordance with the laws and regulations on the repression of fraud in commercial matters shall be allocated, for the analysis of each sample, including laboratory costs: For the first sample: 12.96 euros. For subsequent samples in the same case: 7.17 euros.

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Article R117 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Each doctor or nurse regularly required or commissioned receives remuneration or fees calculated by reference to the conventional fee rates set on the basis of article L. 162-14-1 of the Social Security Code, by applying to the values of the social security key letters coefficients determined by order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Budget. This order distinguishes between the key letters and the applicable coefficients…

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Article R118 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Maximum fees for toxicological and biological analyses are set by reference to the conventional fee rates set on the basis of article L. 162-14-1 of the Social Security Code, by applying to the values of the social security key letters coefficients determined by order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Budget. This order distinguishes between the key letters and coefficients applicable according to the services required…

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Article R120 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Each qualified medical expert or radiologist, duly requested or commissioned, is allocated remuneration or fees calculated with reference to the rates set by the common classification of medical acts. The rates for procedures specific to judicial investigations are set by an order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister responsible for the budget according to the nature of the services.

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Article R120-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Each expert is awarded, for a complete mechanical expert appraisal of one or more motor vehicles, ordered by a court sitting in Paris or in the departments of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis or Val-de-Marne, following a road traffic accident, excluding simple examinations relating only to specific parts of the vehicle, and excluding any compensation for drawing up plans, taking photographs and subsistence expenses: 50.31 euros. For expert reports ordered under the same…

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