The application is presented to the judicial court of the place of death or disappearance, if this occurred in a territory under the authority of France, otherwise to the court of the domicile or last residence of the deceased or disappeared person or, failing this, to the court of the place of the home port of the aircraft or vessel that was transporting him or her. Failing any other, the judicial court of Paris has jurisdiction.
If several persons have disappeared in the course of the same event, a collective application may be presented to the court of the place of disappearance, to that of the home port of the vessel or aircraft, to the judicial court of Paris or to any other judicial court that the interests of the case justify.