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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of economic and financial offences

Article R50 quater

The order of secondment or secondment for civil servants, or the contract for contract staff, specifies the court of appeal within whose jurisdiction the specialist assistant will perform his or her d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article R50-11

…t is a request for additional compensation based on article 706-8, it must be accompanied by a copy of the final decision on civil interests.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIa: Fixed fine procedure

Article R49-2

The amount of the fine may be paid immediately into the hands of the ticketing officer in accordance with the procedures specified by order of the Minister for the Budget, the Minister for Justice and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIc: Provisions applicable to certain breaches of the Highway Code

Article R49-10

A notice of fine and a payment card, the model for which is set by order of the Minister of Justice, shall be given to the offender when one of the offences provided for in article R. 49-8-5.The notic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article R49-20-1

The procedures for appointing, performing their duties and swearing in the specialist assistants provided for in Article 628-9 are those laid down by the articles R. 50 bis to R. 50 sexies.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the investigating, trial, sentence enforcement and secure detention courts

Article R*49-22

…provision infringes the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution is presented, in support of an application, in a separate written document stating the reasons, which is lodged at the regist…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIb: Provisions applicable to certain infringements of the public land transport services police regulations

Article R49-8-1

The operator of a public land transport service mentioned in article 529-3 who intends to have his agents approved to carry out the identity records provided for in II of Article 529-4, must: I.-Provi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to requests for information issued by the French services

Article R49-35

…31, shall contain the information listed in the model in Annex B to Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA of 18 December 2006 and specifying, in particular: 1° The expected time limit for transmitting the i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article R50-1

The rules relating to the composition, seat, jurisdiction and territorial competence of the compensation commission for victims of offences provided for by article 706-4 are laid down by the Code of J…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article R50-18

The public prosecutor is informed of the date of the hearing and files his submissions at least fifteen days before that date.

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