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Article R54-7 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The Agency is subject to the provisions of Titles I and III of Decree 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management. Secondary accountants may be appointed by the accounting officer, following the opinion of the general manager and with the approval of the minister responsible for the budget. Revenue and imprest accounts may be set up under the conditions laid down in the decree no. 2019-798…

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Article R54-8 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The institution’s funds are deposited with the Treasury. However, the sums seized and the sums arising from the disposal of assets provided for in 3° and 4° of Article 706-160 or the investment of these sums provided for in 4° of Article 760-163 shall be deposited in a deposit account opened at the Caisse des dépôts et consignations and shall earn interest in accordance with the terms and conditions set…

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Article R54-9 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The institution may ask the administration in charge of the estates to dispose of movable property placed in the hands of justice that has been handed over to the agency pursuant to the articles 41-5 and 99-2, as well as movable or immovable property confiscated in the course of criminal proceedings. The disposal shall take place with publicity and competition.

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Article R55 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The provisions of articles 707-2 and 707-3 relating to the reduction in the amount of fines and fixed procedural fees in the event of voluntary payment within one month are applicable : 1° To fines handed down by the police court, the juvenile court, the criminal court or the court of appeal, as well as by any other criminal court against a person found guilty of a contravention or an…

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Article R55-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where the conviction is the result of a contradictory decision to be served or a decision by default, the one-month period provided for in Article 707-2 shortens from the date of service. The notice provided for in Article 707-3 shall appear in the judgment or be attached to the document of service.

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Article R55-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When the conviction results from a criminal order, the one-month period provided for in Article 707-2 runs from the sending of the registered letter provided for in Articles 495-3 and 527 or notification by the public prosecutor or his delegate as provided for in article 495-3. In the case provided for by the penultimate paragraph of articles 495-3 and 527, it runs from the date on which the person became…

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Article R55-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the event of conviction to a fine, the reduction provided for by Article 707-2 only applies in the event of simultaneous payment, within one month, of the fine, the fixed procedural fee provided for by the provisions of article 1018 A of the General Tax Code and, where applicable, the increase in the fine provided for by the articles L. 211-27 and L. 421-8 of the Insurance Code in…

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Article R55-4 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the event of an adversarial decision handed down in the presence of the convicted person or his representative, the latter will be given, at the end of the hearing, if he so requests, a statement of criminal conviction enabling him to voluntarily pay the fixed procedural fees and, if applicable, the fine within one month to the accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finances. The convicted offender…

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Article R55-5 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the case provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 55-4, the chief clerk shall send a copy of each criminal conviction statement to the accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finances no later than the second working day following the pronouncement of the decision. In other cases, this statement is sent to the accountant of the Directorate-General of Public Finance at the same time as…

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