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Showing 18811890 of 55956 articles for Art. Decree 2012-118 of 30 January 2012

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Payment of fees

Article R224-1

…25: 1° The costs listed in article R. 92 which are subject to a fee structure set by the provisions of Title X of Book V (Decrees in the Council of State); 2° The fees provided for in 9° of this artic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Payment of fees

Article R226

…ther than those listed in Article R. 224-1 are forwarded for requisition to the public prosecutor's office of the jurisdiction in which the court has its seat. The public prosecutor forwards the state…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Payment of fees

Article R224-2

…fee structure set by a regulatory provision; 2° The State's contributory share in the remuneration of court officers in matters of legal aid; 3° Costs assimilated to criminal, correctional and police…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Payment of fees

Article R228

Where the fee differs from the stakeholder's request, the fee order shall be notified to him by the registry by registered letter.Where the fee differs from the public prosecutor's requisitions, the f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Payment of fees

Article R229

…rder 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 pay…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Payment of fees

Article R230

The appeals referred to in the preceding articles shall be lodged by declaration to the registry of the taxing magistrate or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt sent to that registry.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Payment of fees

Article R231

The convicted party may appeal against the provision of the decision relating to the liquidation of costs. This appeal is brought before the court of appeal in the event that the decision containing t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures to boost film production

Article 916-8

Notwithstanding article 212-42, for aid applications submitted between 1 January 2021 and 30 June 2021, production companies eligible to apply for programme aid may submit up to six projects simultane…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article R15-17-1

The status of judicial police officer is granted, pursuant to the article 20-1, to those retired national police officers and those retired national gendarmerie military personnel called up to serve i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article R15-17

The status of judicial police officer is granted by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior to peacekeepers who, pursuant to the article 20 (4° and 5°), have passed a t…

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