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Article R229 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

An appeal against the tax order may be lodged with the examining magistrate’s chamber by the public prosecutor, at the request of the assigning accounting officer within a period of one month from receipt of the request for payment.

In matters of legal aid, the one-month period runs from the transmission that is made by the competent authorising officer to the assigning accounting officer of the tax order.

A reasoned refusal by the public prosecutor to exercise the appeal is brought to the attention of the assigning accounting officer. In this case, the assigning accounting officer executes the tax order.

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Article R229

Un recours contre l’ordonnance de taxe peut être formé devant la chambre de l’instruction par le ministère public, à la demande du comptable assignataire dans un délai d’un mois à compter de la réception de la demande de paiement.

En matière d’aide juridictionnelle, le délai d’un mois court à compter de la transmission qui est faite par l’ordonnateur compétent au comptable assignataire de l’ordonnance de taxe.

Le refus motivé du ministère public d’exercer le recours est porté à la connaissance du comptable assignataire. Dans ce cas, le comptable assignataire exécute l’ordonnance de taxe.

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