Article D594-16 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure
Where, pursuant to the provisions of this Code, an interpreter or translator is required or appointed by the competent judicial authority, he or she shall be chosen: 1° From the national list of judicial experts drawn up by the office of the Court of Cassation, or from the list of judicial experts drawn up by each court of appeal; 2° Failing this, from the list of interpreter-translators provided for by…