Decisions adopted by ministers to recognise or not to recognise communes as being in a state of natural disaster may be the subject of administrative appeals under the conditions laid down by the provisions of the Code des relations entre le public et l’administration (Code of relations between the public and the administration). They may also be contested before the competent administrative courts under the conditions set out in the provisions of the Code of Administrative Justice.
The interministerial order referred to in the fourth paragraph of article L. 125-1 specifies the channels and time limits within which such appeals may be lodged.