In accordance with the provisions of Article 10-7, the first president of the court of appeal and the president of the judicial tribunal decide by order on the distribution of the service of hearings between the citizen assessors.
For each hearing, at least two substitute citizen assessors are appointed in addition to the two permanent citizen assessors and, where applicable, the additional citizen assessor(s).
The citizen assessors are informed by any means of the dates of the hearings to which they are called or may be called to sit as full, additional or substitute assessors.