The annual list is drawn up at the seat of each assize court by a commission chaired, at the seat of the court of appeal, by the first president or his delegate and, in the judicial courts, seats of the assize court, by the president of the court or his delegate.
This commission comprises, in addition to its chairman:
Three judges appointed each year by the general assembly of the court, seat of the assize court;
As the case may be, either the public prosecutor or his delegate, or the public prosecutor or his delegate;
The president of the Bar Association of the court, seat of the assize court or his representative;
Five departmental councillors appointed each year by the departmental council, in Paris, five councillors appointed by the Paris council and, in Lyon, two councillors appointed by the Rhône departmental council and three councillors appointed by the Lyon metropolitan council; for each of the two Corsican assize courts, five councillors to the Corsican Assembly elected from among its members.