Jurisdictional attributions Court of Appeal (France)

courts of appeal in french judiciary.



procedure (simplified) of appeal , of appeal en cassation

the court of appeal recognizes appeals of matters brought before relevant tribunals, (du ressort), both civil , penal:

tribunal d instance

police tribunals


tribunal de grande instance

juge d instruction
judge of freedoms , of detention
correctional tribunal
judge of penalty imposition


commercial tribunal
labour council
joint agricultural land tribunal
social security tribunal

it venue recourse against bar association elections , bar association decisions, decisions of other professional associations (ordres professionnels) of french legal system.

the court of appeal of paris competent hear matters of recourse against decisions of independent administrative authorities (autorité de la concurrence, autorité des marchés financiers, autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes…).

in court of assizes, since 2000 law on presumption of innocence, assize appeal court not second degree court different assize, in département , 9 jurors instead of six.

not matters can appealed , cannot re-judged on appeal, example least important litigation. in case pourvoi en cassation remains possible.