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Environment and agriculture at the Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon

In 2025, the Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon issued 69 decisions on environment and agriculture (18% fewer than in 2024), that is 2% of its caseload, the same as for all administrative courts of appeal. Below the threshold of 200 decisions a year in a subject, only numbers of decisions are shown.

Activity year by year

On environment and agriculture, the number of decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon fell every year, from 102 in 2023 to 69 in 2025. That is a decrease of 32%, against a decrease of 17% for all administrative courts of appeal. Since 2023, the Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon has issued 255 decisions on this subject.

Its share of the caseload of the Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon went from 3% in 2023 to 2% in 2025.

CAA Lyon: decisions on environment and agriculture per year2023 : Decisions 102 ; 2024 : Decisions 84 ; 2025 : Decisions 690100200Decisions 2023 : 1022023Decisions 2024 : 842024Decisions 2025 : 692025
CAA Lyon: decisions on environment and agriculture per year
YearDecisionsChangeShare of caseload
2023102–3%
202484−18%3%
202569−18%2%

Series start in 2023, the first full year in which the decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon were published. CAA Lyon stands for Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon. Share of caseload: share of the subject among all the decisions of the court, computed from 200 decisions a year.

See also Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon: all subjects Environment and agriculture in France

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Same subject in the courts of appeal

The 9 administrative courts of appeal issued 487 decisions on environment and agriculture in 2025 between them; the Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon issued 69, that is 14%.

On environment and agriculture, the Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon issued 69 of the 487 decisions of all administrative courts of appeal, or 14%. The share of this subject in the caseload ranges from 0.3% for the administrative court of appeal of Paris to 4% for the administrative courts of appeal of Bordeaux and Douai; it is 2% for the Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon.

Decisions on environment and agriculture in 2025
Administrative courts of appeal: Environment and agriculture
CourtDecisions 2025Share of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux1054%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Douai784%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon692%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Nantes682%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Toulouse512%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Marseille371%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Nancy371%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles271%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Paris150.3%––

Share of caseload: share of the subject among all the decisions of the court. Dismissal rate not computed below 200 decisions on the subject; median time: judgments and rulings only, excluding orders, not computed below 200 judgments.

See also In cassation: Conseil d'État Environment and agriculture in France Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon: all subjects

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The other subjects of the court

With 69 decisions, or 2% of the total of the Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon, this subject comes behind local authorities and public property (75) and ahead of social welfare (64).

Decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon by subject in 2025
Decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon by subject in 2025
SubjectDecisions 2025Share of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
Immigration1,50148%85%10 months
Tax30510%76%18 months
Civil service2388%73%15 months
Planning and building permits1856%––
Local authorities and public property752%––
Environment and agriculture692%––
Social welfare642%––
Employment law391%––
Public procurement331%––
Public health331%––
Policing191%––
Education161%––
Driving licences90.3%––
Housing50.2%––
Other subjects53017%57%16 months

Subject determined from the legal texts cited in each decision; “other subjects” groups decisions without a characteristic text. Detailed pages exist from 50 decisions on the subject.

See also Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon: all subjects France

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Understanding these figures

What these figures count

Of the 3,121 decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon in 2025, 69 fall under environment and agriculture (2%), based on the legal texts they cite; 530 (17%) fall under no identified subject and appear under “Other subjects”.

Frequently asked questions

How many decisions on environment and agriculture did the Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon issue in 2025?

The Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon issued 69 decisions on environment and agriculture in 2025 (18% fewer than in 2024), that is 2% of its 3,121 decisions. Since 2023 the total is 255 decisions.

Why is no dismissal rate or median time shown for environment and agriculture at the Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon?

With 69 decisions in 2025, the Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon stays below the threshold of 200 decisions a year in this subject: below it, a dismissal rate or a median time would vary too much from one year to the next. Only numbers of decisions are shown.

How much of the caseload of the Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon does this subject represent?

It accounts for 2% of the 3,121 decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon in 2025, the same as for all administrative courts of appeal.

How many decisions on environment and agriculture did the other administrative courts of appeal issue?

In 2025, the administrative courts of appeal of Bordeaux, Douai and Nantes issued 105, 78 and 68 respectively. The others issued fewer.