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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the enforcement judge

Article D49-31

…prison in order to carry out the duties devolved upon him or her by this Code or by the provisions of the Criminal Code, travel and subsistence allowances shall be allocated to him or her under the c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article D48-7

Financial penalties imposed by: 1° A court of the issuing State in respect of a criminal offence under the law of that State; 2° An authority of the issuing State other than a court in respect of a cr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the enforcement in a Member State of the European Union of financial penalties imposed by the French authorities

Article D48-14

This transmission prohibits the enforcement of the financial penalty on the territory of the Republic. However, the Public Prosecutor resumes the option of enforcing the financial penalty as soon as t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D48-29

…State stipulates otherwise, sums recovered pursuant to this section shall be charged to the budget of the French State. The public prosecutor shall inform the competent authority of the issuing State…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The sentence enforcement judge.

Article D49

For the operation of his chambers, the sentence enforcement judge is provided with a secretariat-registrar in accordance with the provisions of Article 712-2. The duties of secretary and clerk to the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The sentence enforcement judge.

Article D49-1-1

…nt judges in a judicial court, the president shall designate, after consulting the general assembly of sitting magistrates, the enforcement judge who shall exercise the powers mentioned in articles D.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: The enforcement court.

Article D49-5-1

…nes a case following a referral from a sentence enforcement judge in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of article 712-6 and that judge is absent, prevented from attending, or has b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: The Enforcement Division of the Court of Appeal.

Article D49-10

The Chambers for the Enforcement of Sentences whose territorial jurisdiction exceeds, in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of l'article 712-13, that of the court of appeal where t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the enforcement judge

Article D49-30

The sentence enforcement judge orders the extraction of sentenced persons, either with a view to their appearance in his chambers when he has deemed it useful, or to proceed with the adversarial heari…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions applicable in the event of an appeal

Article D49-41

In the event of an appeal, a copy of the sentenced person's individual file and the decision of the enforcement judge or court is sent to the enforcement chamber of the court of appeal or its presiden…

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