Title XVI: Prosecution, investigation and trial of drug trafficking offences

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D47-7

Article D47-7

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
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Updated 5 Nov 2023

By application of Article 706-27, the assize courts designated in the table annexed to this article shall have jurisdiction to hear, in the districts defined in this table, the crimes referred to in Article 706-26.

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LIST AND RESSORT OF COURTS OF TRIAL COMPETENT TO JUDGE THE CRIMES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 706-26 OF THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

(Drug trafficking offences)

COURT D'APPEL

COUR D'ASSISES

COMPÉTENCE TERRITORIALE

Agen

Cour d'assises de Lot-and-Garonne

Agen Court of Appeal

Aix-en-Provence

Cour d'assises des Bouches-du-Rhône

Aix-en-Provence

Amiens

Cour d'assises de la Somme

Amiens Court of Appeal

Angers

Maine-and-Loire

Ressort de la cour d'appel d'Angers

Bastia

Cour d'assises de Haute-Corse

Bastia Court of Appeal

Besançon

Cour d'assises du Doubs

Besançon Court of Appeal

Bordeaux

Cour d'assises de la Gironde

Ressort of the Bordeaux Court of Appeal

Bourges

Cour d'assises du Cher

Bourges Court of Appeal

Caen

Calvados Assize Court

Caen Court of Appeal

Chambéry

Cour d'assises de la Savoie

Ressort de la cour d'appel de Chambéry

Colmar

Cour d'assises du Bas-Rhin

Département du Bas-Rhin

Cour d'assises du Haut-Rhin

Département du Haut-Rhin

Dijon

Cour d'assises de la Côte-d'Or

Dijon Court of Appeal

Douai

Cour d'assises du Nord

Département du Nord

Cour d'assises du Pas-de-Calais

Département du Pas-de-Calais

Grenoble

Cour d'assises de l'Isère

Cour d'assises de la Grenoble

Limoges

Cour d'assises de la Haute-Vienne

Trial Court of Limoges

Lyon

Cour d'assises du Rhône

Ressort de la cour d'appel de Lyon

Metz

Cour d'assises de la Moselle

Ressort de la cour d'appel de Metz

Montpellier

Cour d'assises des Pyrénées-Orientales

Département des Pyrénées-Orientales

Cour d'assises de l'Hérault

Départements de l'Hérault, de l'Aude et de l'Aveyron

Nancy

Cour d'assises de Meurthe-et-Moselle

Cour d'assises de Nancy

Nîmes

Cour d'assises du Gard

Départements du Gard et de la Lozère

Cour d'assises de Vaucluse

Départements de Vaucluse et de l'Ardèche

Orléans

Loiret Assize Court

Orléans Court of Appeal

Paris

Cour d'assises de Paris

Ressort de la cour d'appel de Paris

Pau

Cour d'assises des Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Pau Court of Appeal

Poitiers

Vienne Assize Court

Poitiers Court of Appeal

Reims

Cour d'assises de la Marne

Ressort de la cour d'appel de Reims

Rennes

Cour d'assises d'Ille-et-Vilaine

Départements of Ille-et-Vilaine, des Côtes-d'Armor et du Finistère

Cour d'assises de la Loire-Atlantique

Départements de la Loire-Atlantique and Morbihan

Riom

Cour d'assises du Puy-de-Dôme

Riom Court of Appeal

Rouen Assize Court

Seine-Maritime

Cour d'assises de la Rouen

Toulouse

Cour d'assises de la Haute-Garonne

Toulouse Court of Appeal

Versailles

Hauts-de-Seine Assize Court

Hauts-de-Seine

Cour d'assises des Yvelines

Départements des Yvelines et d'Eure-et-Loir

Cour d'assises du Val-d'Oise

Département du Val-d'Oise

Basse-Terre

Cour d'assises de la Guadeloupe

Ressort de la cour d'appel de Basse-Terre

Cayenne

Cour d'assises de la Guyane

Département de la Guyane

Fort-de-France

Cour d'assises de la Martinique

Département de la Martinique

Saint-Denis de La Réunion

Cour d'assises de la Réunion

Ressort de la cour d'appel de Saint-Denis de La Réunion

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