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

In 2025, the Cour administrative d'appel de Nantes issued 68 decisions on environment and agriculture (14% 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 Nantes went from 60 in 2023 to 68 in 2025, with a maximum of 79 in 2024. That is an increase of 13%, against a decrease of 17% for all administrative courts of appeal. Since 2023, the Cour administrative d'appel de Nantes has issued 207 decisions on this subject.

CAA Nantes: decisions on environment and agriculture per year2023 : Decisions 60 ; 2024 : Decisions 79 ; 2025 : Decisions 68020406080Decisions 2023 : 602023Decisions 2024 : 792024Decisions 2025 : 682025
CAA Nantes: decisions on environment and agriculture per year
YearDecisionsChangeShare of caseload
202360–2%
202479+32%2%
202568−14%2%

Series start in 2023, the first full year in which the decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Nantes were published. CAA Nantes stands for Cour administrative d'appel de Nantes. 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 Nantes: 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 Nantes issued 68, that is 14%.

On environment and agriculture, the Cour administrative d'appel de Nantes issued 68 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 Nantes.

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 Nantes: all subjects

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The other subjects of the court

With 68 decisions, or 2% of the total of the Cour administrative d'appel de Nantes, this subject comes behind civil service (118) and ahead of local authorities and public property (42).

Decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Nantes by subject in 2025
Decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Nantes by subject in 2025
SubjectDecisions 2025Share of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
Immigration1,57851%81%8 months
Planning and building permits1726%––
Tax1294%––
Civil service1184%––
Environment and agriculture682%––
Local authorities and public property421%––
Employment law411%––
Social welfare351%––
Public health261%––
Policing201%––
Public procurement120.4%––
Housing110.4%––
Education70.2%––
Driving licences20.1%––
Other subjects80426%60%13 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 Nantes: all subjects France

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Understanding these figures

What these figures count

Of the 3,065 decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Nantes in 2025, 68 fall under environment and agriculture (2%), based on the legal texts they cite; 804 (26%) 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 Nantes issue in 2025?

The Cour administrative d'appel de Nantes issued 68 decisions on environment and agriculture in 2025 (14% fewer than in 2024), that is 2% of its 3,065 decisions. Since 2023 the total is 207 decisions.

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

With 68 decisions in 2025, the Cour administrative d'appel de Nantes 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 Nantes does this subject represent?

It accounts for 2% of the 3,065 decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Nantes 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 Lyon issued 105, 78 and 69 respectively. The others issued fewer.