Appeal before the administrative judge
Verified 21 April 2020 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister), Ministry of Justice
Proceedings before administrative courts
Published on 19 November 2020
From 20 November 2020, the administrative courts may amend the rules of procedure applicable to the cases they are handling, in order to allow them to continue their activities during the state of health emergency. Changes may include:
- Possibility for courts to communicate with parties by any means
- Conduct of the hearing by audiovisual means of telecommunication or by electronic means
- Possibility for judges to participate in the hearing remotely
- Use of the procedure without an interim hearing
- Recourse to proceedings without hearing in certain cases in disputes relating to the right to lodging
- Exemption from reading of urgent decisions in the case of expulsion of aliens
These possibilities for amending the rules of procedure are provided for in Order No. 2020-1402 of 18 November 2020 and decree n°2020-1406 of 18 november 2020 .. They will cease on the day of the end of the state of health emergency, that is, February 16, 2021.
To refer the matter to the administrative judge, you must act within the time limit and file the appeal with the competent court. You do not have to take a lawyer unless the dispute is about a sum of money or a contract with a public authority or agency. You must attach to your application the administrative decision you are challenging, as well as all supporting documents.
You can apply to the administrative court when you have a dispute with the administration. But your appeal will only be examined if the conditions for referral to the administrative court are filled. The case must fall within the jurisdiction of the administrative justice system and there must be no obligation to file an administrative appeal beforehand.
If these conditions are met, you can file your appeal within the time limits: the date on which the court registers the application is taken into account (not the date of sending). However, if the decision you are challenging does not mention the time limits for appeal, you cannot be accused of acting outside the time limit. Finally, you must attach to the appeal a copy of the decision of the administration you are challenging.
The rules vary depending on whether the appeal is to be filed before the administrative court or a specialized court.
General case
The competent administrative tribunal shall be the one in the jurisdiction (territory) in which the administration which took the contested decision is situated.
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However, the jurisdiction of the competent administrative court is different in the following cases:
Dispute Subject | Place of competent court |
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Property (land consolidation, town planning, expropriation, building permits, etc.) | Court where the property is located |
Administrative policing measure (e.g., operating license) | Court where you reside on the date of the measure |
Professional activity | Court where the activity in dispute is located |
Public contract or administrative contract | Court where the contract is performed |
The court in which the public person to whom you report at the time of your retirement is located | |
Court where you are assigned at the date of the contested decision (where the author of the decision is if it concerns several agents) | |
Claim | Court where the act which caused the damage occurred |
Recognition of certain qualities (e.g., veteran status) | Court where you reside |
Specific disputes (decrees, visas, military pensions, etc.)
In some cases, the competent court is either a specific administrative court or another specialized court.
Dispute type | Competent court |
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Minister's order and regulation | Council of State |
Decision of a national administrative authority (Cnil: titleContent for example | Council of State |
Regional and European elections | Council of State |
Deliberation of an Overseas Departmental or Regional Council or Overseas Community | Council of State |
Nantes Administrative Court | |
Nantes Administrative Court | |
Disputes before several administrative tribunals | Administrative Tribunal of Paris |
Disputes not under any identifiable administrative tribunal | Administrative Tribunal of Paris |
Social welfare | Departmental or Central Social Assistance Commission |
Military invalidity pension | Departmental Court of Military Invalidity Pensions and War Victims |
National Court of the Right to Asylum | |
Compensation for returnees | Commission on the Litigation of Compensation for Overseas Returnees |
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Warning
disputes with social security are not the responsibility of the administrative judge and are tried by specific instances..
Administrative Tribunal
The use of a lawyer is mandatory if a sum of money or a contract is involved.
However, representation by a lawyer is not not required for the following disputes:
- Contraventions on the road (for example, unauthorized installation of parasols on the beach)
- Direct contributions, turnover taxes and similar taxes
- Individual decisions concerning public officials
- Pensions, benefits, allowances or rights granted for social assistance, housing or for workers deprived of employment, reserved employment and compensation for returnees
- Decisions of a territorial authority or public institution under
- Application for enforcement of a final judgment
To finance the lawyer's fees, you can apply to benefit from legal aid..
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Council of State
The use of a lawyer in the Council of State is compulsory except in the following cases ::
- Request for excess of authority against an act of an administrative authority
- Electoral disputes
- Appeal in cassation against a decision on pension and social assistance
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General case
You can submit your request via the remote service Remedies citizens.
Citizen's Remedies (appeal to the administrative judge)
The query may also be filed with or addressed to transplant by courier preferably with RAR: titleContent..
Specific courts (CCAS, CNDA, National Court of Asylum, etc.)
The query may be filed or addressed to the transplant by courier preferably with RAR: titleContent..
Please note
if you are represented by a lawyer, they must use the application Remedies to submit your query.
Electronic folder
If the appeal is filed via the Telemedicine Citizen Remedies service, consult the brochure explaining the procedure to be followed and the documents to be provided ..
Paper Folder
Your file must contain the following documents and copies:
Folder Parts | Number of copies |
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Query | 1 copy |
Decision under appeal or a copy of the request addressed to the administration with the acknowledgement of receipt when the administration has failed to reply (implied decision) | 1 copy |
All relevant supporting documents to be produced unless their number, volume or characteristics prevent such production | 1 copy |
Detailed inventory of supporting documents | |
In the event that the law provides that the judge shall decide without submitting certain documents for debate: memory explaining the reasons for refusing to transmit to the other parties | The submission shall be forwarded to the other parties |
Where the refusal to provide documents is the subject of the dispute: separate statement explaining the reasons for transmission to other parties | The submission shall be forwarded to the other parties |
The request is written in French on free paper. It can be handwritten (perfectly readable) or, preferably, typed.
The query must include the following information:
- Name, signature and address of parties
- Statement of facts
- Statement of pleas (legal arguments). You must show that the act under attack is illegal.
- Statement of findings (what you ask the judge). For example, annulment of the contested decision, award of damages, etc. In the case of a claim for compensation, the amount must be precise and detailed.
If you dispute several decisions, you must file a motion by deed.
If more than one person makes the same application without a lawyer, they must appoint a single representative. Otherwise, the court shall address the first named person.
In the State Council, if it is impossible to provide a copy of the attachments because of their number, volume or characteristics, the attachments shall be communicated to the Dispute Secretariat or the Prefecture.
Warning
the notification the lodging of the application to the author of the decision and to the holder of the authorization shall be compulsory for the following remedies: planning certificate, decision not to oppose prior declaration provided for in the planning code, permit to build, develop or demolish.. Notification must be made within 15 free days following the filing of the application by registered letter with AR: titleContent
The fact of bringing the matter before the administrative court does not prevent the contested decision from having effect.
To avoid serious, irreversible or irreparable effects, you can ask the judge to take a precautionary interim measure as a matter of urgency, through a referral procedure..
- Code of Administrative Justice: Articles R411-1 to R411-6Query Overview
- Code of Administrative Justice: Articles R412-1 to R412-3Query attachments
- Code of Administrative Justice: Articles R413-1 to R413-6Query Deposit
- Code of Administrative Justice: Articles R414-6 to R414-11Citizen telemetry
- Code of Administrative Justice: sections R431-1 to R431-10-1Representation of the parties before the Administrative Court
- Code of Administrative Justice: Articles R312-6 to R312-19Exceptions to territorial jurisdiction
- Social Action and Family Code: Articles L 134-1 to L 134-10Appeal before the departmental or central social welfare committee
- Code on the entry and residence of aliens and the right to asylum: Articles L 733-1 to L 733-5Action before the National Court of the Right to Asylum
- Code of Military Invalidity Pensions and War Victims: Articles L 711-1 to L 711-7Appeals before the departmental court for military invalidity pensions and war victims
- Order of 2 May 2018 on the technical characteristics of the telephony service known as "Citizen's Reminders"
- Citizen's Remedies (appeal to the administrative judge)
Online service
- Disputes with Social SecurityService-Public.fr
- Entering the tax administration (payment difficulties, claim, ...)Service-Public.fr
- Conditions for referral to the administrative judge Service-Public.fr
- Proceedings before the Administrative CourtService-Public.fr
- Why administrative justice?Council of State
- Allocation of powers within the administrative courtCouncil of State
- Citizen telemetryCouncil of State