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Article R249-6 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The claimant or the public prosecutor may appeal, within ten days of notification, against the decision on the claim for compensation when it emanates from a criminal court ruling at first instance. The same right is available to the civil party when the compensation is payable by it. This appeal is brought: a) Before the investigating chamber when the decision was made by the investigating judge; b) Before the criminal…

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Article R249-7 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Payment of compensation is made on the basis of the decision of the court that awarded it. When the decision makes the compensation payable by the civil party, the compensation is ordered as an advance. Recovery of the amount of the compensation from the civil party is pursued at the behest of the accountants of the Directorate General of Public Finances by all legal means.

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Article R249-8 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

After the compensation has been authorised, an appeal against the decision may be lodged with the court mentioned in a or b of article R. 249-6 by the public prosecutor at the request of the assigning accountant, within one month of receipt of the request for payment. A reasoned refusal by the Public Prosecutor to exercise the appeal shall be brought to the attention of the assigning accounting officer. In…

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Article R249-9 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The Ministry of Justice is authorised to create a personal data processing system known as the “digital criminal file” to be implemented in each court. The purposes of this processing, which concerns adults and minors, are to: 1° To facilitate and improve the processing of criminal files by judges, court clerks and persons authorised to assist them by enabling : a) The use, for the conduct of criminal proceedings, of…

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Article R249-10 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The records, acts and documents recorded in the processing are: 1° Records and reports drawn up by officers or agents of the judicial police and officials and agents responsible for certain judicial police duties, as well as documents appended thereto; 2° Acts carried out by experts and persons required, commissioned by the police or judicial services; 3° Acts carried out by magistrates or agents of the judicial services, the prison…

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Article R249-11 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The following categories of personal data may be recorded: 1° Concerning witnesses, victims, accused persons, persons under investigation or placed under the status of assisted witness, persons prosecuted, convicted persons as well as those under investigation for the investigation of the causes of death or injury provided for by Article 74 or an investigation into a worrying disappearance referred to in Article 74-1: a) Data relating to identity and contact…

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Article R249-12 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The information recorded in the processing is kept in the active database until the prosecution is terminated or, where a case has been referred to a court, until the last court to which the case was referred has given a final ruling in a decision on the merits of the case or, where a conviction has been handed down, until the end of the enforcement of the sentence handed down…

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Article R249-13 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

I.-May access information recorded in the processing provided for in article R. 249-9 : 1° Judges and public prosecutors practising in all courts of first instance, appeal and cassation for the sole purpose of dealing with offences or proceedings referred to them, and judicial auditors for the sole purpose of carrying out the assignments entrusted to them; 2° Registry officers and persons authorised under the article R. 123-14 of the…

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