The application for revision or reconsideration is submitted to the Court of Revision and Reconsideration. This court is made up of eighteen magistrates from the Cour de cassation, including the president of the criminal chamber, who presides over the court of revision and reconsideration. The other seventeen magistrates are appointed, by the general assembly of the Cour de cassation, for a term of three years, renewable once.
Each of the chambers of the Cour de cassation is represented by three of its members.
Seventeen substitute judges are appointed under the same conditions. The councillor of the criminal chamber with the highest rank is designated as substitute for the president of the criminal chamber.