Procedure

Class action: which courts have jurisdiction?

Publié le 30 juillet 2025 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

The decree of 16 July 2025 designates the courts competent to rule on class actions. This action allows several persons (natural or legal) to act collectively in court to obtain compensation for the same damage caused by the same person. It may also terminate the infringement concerned.

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As a reminder, Article 16 of the Law of 30 April 2025 amended the class action regime. This new text, in force since May 3, 2025:

  • bring into compliance French law with European Union law;
  • unified the provisions on group shares, which have so far been broken down into different codes;
  • opens the group action to legal persons ;
  • extends the scope of class action for failures by a legal person governed by public law or by a body governed by private law entrusted with the management of a public service;
  • creates a public registry ongoing class actions held by the Minister of Justice.

The courts with jurisdiction to rule on class actions brought since the reform came into force are as follows:

Seat

Spring

Paris

Jurisdiction of the Courts of Appeal of Bourges, Orléans, Paris, Saint-Denis, Versailles, the Superior Court of Appeal of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and the Court of First Instance of Mata-Utu

Marseille

Courts of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence, Bastia, Montpellier, Nîmes

Lyon

Courts of Appeal of Chambéry, Grenoble, Lyon, Riom

Lille

Courts of Appeal of Amiens, Douai, Reims, Rouen

Bordeaux

Courts of Appeal of Agen, Bordeaux, Limoges, Pau, Toulouse

Rennes

Courts of Appeal of Angers, Caen, Poitiers, Rennes

Nancy

Courts of Appeal of Besançon, Colmar, Dijon, Metz, Nancy

Fort-de-France

Courts of Appeal of Basse-Terre, Cayenne, Fort-de-France

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