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Article R179 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Each hearing judicial officer receives a daily allowance of: 1° 20 euros for the service of a hearing of the Cour de cassation; 2° 130 euros for the service of a hearing of the cour d’assises; 3° 60 euros for the service of a hearing of the tribunal correctionnel, the tribunal pour enfants or a chambre des appels correctionnels; 4° 30 euros for the service of a hearing of the…

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Article R181 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

It is allocated to bailiffs for all summonses in criminal, correctional and police matters, for the service of appearance warrants, for all service of orders, judgments and rulings and all other acts or documents in criminal, correctional and police matters, a fixed sum of 4.50 euros for the original, copies and sending by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt provided for by articles 557 and 558 and this, in addition…

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Article R183 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where the Public Prosecutor has not been issued with a copy of the documents or judgments to be served, service shall be made by the bailiffs on the minutes entrusted to them by the registrars against receipt, on condition that they return them to the registry within twenty-four hours of service. When a document or judgment has been given in a copy to the public prosecutor, service is made on…

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Article R187 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Except in the case of special provisions of the laws and regulations, no fee shall be paid to law enforcement officers for summonses, notifications and service of documents for which they may be responsible by officers of the judicial police and by the public prosecutor’s office.

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Article R188 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The execution of arrest warrants, detention warrants and arrest warrants, committal orders, sentencing rulings and judgments, coercive measures exercised against defaulting witnesses by virtue of articles 109, 110 and 153, is entrusted to members of the gendarmerie other than officers and to police officers other than commissioners and deputy commissioners, as well as to field wardens.

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Article R189 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Premiums are awarded to law enforcement officers under the conditions set out in articles R. 190 and R. 191 when there has been forced execution and the arrest has required duly recorded special searches. There is no need to distinguish, from the point of view of entitlement to the allowance, according to whether the officer who carried out the arrest was the bearer of the warrant or extract of the…

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