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Article D49-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Except in the courts of appeal listed in the table below, there shall be established in each court of appeal a sentence enforcement court whose territorial jurisdiction extends to the jurisdiction of that court. COURS D’APPEL TRIBUNAUX JUDICIAIRES seats of the enforcement courts of these courts RESIDENTIAL OF THESE COURTS d’application des peines Aix-en-Provence Aix-en Provence Reports of the judicial courts of Aix-en-Provence, Marseille, Digne and Tarascon Draguignan Jurisdiction of…

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Article D49-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Unless otherwise provided for in the table below, the usual seat of the sentence enforcement court shall be that of the judicial court of the seat of the court of appeal. COURS D’APPEL JUDICIAL COURTS seats of the sentence enforcement courts of these courts Bordeaux Bergerac Bourges Châteauroux Chambéry Albertville Dijon Chalon-sur-Saône Pau Tarbes Poitiers La Rochelle Rouen Evreux

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Article D49-4 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The first president of the court of appeal shall designate each year, by order, following the opinion of the general assembly of judges of the court and the opinion of the presidents of the judicial courts concerned, the enforcement judges entrusted with the duties of president or assessor of the enforcement court. These, subject to the provisions of Article D. 49-5, are called in the order of their appointment. This…

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Article D49-5-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When the sentence enforcement court examines 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 been appointed to another post, he or she is replaced by a sentence enforcement judge charged with the duties of president or assessor of the sentence enforcement court.

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Article D49-6 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The sentence enforcement court shall have a registry. The duties of secretary and court clerk of the court shall be performed by one or more court clerks of the judicial courts within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal where the sentence enforcement court sits, who may also perform their duties with the sentence enforcement judges.

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