Article 706-111-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure
For the investigation, prosecution, inquiry and, in the case of misdemeanours, the judgment of offences relating to damage to maritime cultural property provided for in Section 2 of Chapter IV of Title IV of Book V of the Heritage Code which are committed in territorial waters and the contiguous zone, the jurisdiction of a judicial court may be extended to the jurisdiction of one or more courts of appeal. This…