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Civil service at the Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles

In 2025, the Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles issued 129 decisions on civil service (24% fewer than in 2024), that is 4% of its caseload, against 6% 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 civil service, the number of decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles went from 138 in 2023 to 129 in 2025, with a maximum of 170 in 2024. That is a decrease of 7%, against a decrease of 12% for all administrative courts of appeal. Since 2023, the Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles has issued 437 decisions on this subject.

Its share of the caseload of the Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles went from 5% in 2023 to 4% in 2025.

CAA Versailles: decisions on civil service per year2023 : Decisions 138 ; 2024 : Decisions 170 ; 2025 : Decisions 1290100200Decisions 2023 : 1382023Decisions 2024 : 1702024Decisions 2025 : 1292025
CAA Versailles: decisions on civil service per year
YearDecisionsChangeShare of caseload
2023138–5%
2024170+23%6%
2025129−24%4%

Series start in 2023, the first full year in which the decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles were published. CAA Versailles stands for Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles. 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 Versailles: all subjects Civil service in France

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Same subject in the courts of appeal

The 9 administrative courts of appeal issued 1,582 decisions on civil service in 2025 between them; the Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles issued 129, that is 8%.

On civil service, the Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles issued 129 of the 1,582 decisions of all administrative courts of appeal, or 8%. The share of this subject in the caseload ranges from 4% for the Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles and the administrative court of appeal of Nantes to 8% for the administrative courts of appeal of Lyon and Toulouse. Among the 3 courts that issued at least 200 decisions on this subject, the dismissal rate ranges from 62% for the administrative court of appeal of Marseille to 78% for the administrative court of appeal of Paris. The median time ranges from 15 months for the administrative court of appeal of Lyon to 18 months for the administrative court of appeal of Paris.

Decisions on civil service in 2025
Administrative courts of appeal: Civil service
CourtDecisions 2025Share of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
Cour administrative d'appel de Paris2495%78%18 months
Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon2388%73%15 months
Cour administrative d'appel de Marseille2067%62%–
Cour administrative d'appel de Toulouse1898%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux1877%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Nancy1525%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles1294%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Nantes1184%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Douai1146%––

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 Civil service in France Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles: all subjects

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The other subjects of the court

With 129 decisions, or 4% of the total of the Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles, this subject comes behind tax (228) and ahead of employment law (78).

Decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles by subject in 2025
Decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles by subject in 2025
SubjectDecisions 2025Share of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
Immigration2,06464%86%16 months
Tax2287%81%27 months
Civil service1294%––
Employment law782%––
Planning and building permits712%––
Local authorities and public property672%––
Public health351%––
Social welfare311%––
Environment and agriculture271%––
Public procurement241%––
Policing140.4%––
Housing110.3%––
Education50.2%––
Elections10.03%––
Driving licences10.03%––
Other subjects44314%58%–

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 Versailles: all subjects France

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Understanding these figures

What these figures count

Of the 3,229 decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles in 2025, 129 fall under civil service (4%), based on the legal texts they cite; 443 (14%) fall under no identified subject and appear under “Other subjects”.

Frequently asked questions

How many decisions on civil service did the Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles issue in 2025?

The Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles issued 129 decisions on civil service in 2025 (24% fewer than in 2024), that is 4% of its 3,229 decisions. Since 2023 the total is 437 decisions.

Why is no dismissal rate or median time shown for civil service at the Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles?

With 129 decisions in 2025, the Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles 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 Versailles does this subject represent?

It accounts for 4% of the 3,229 decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles in 2025, against 6% for all administrative courts of appeal.

How many decisions on civil service did the other administrative courts of appeal issue?

In 2025, the administrative courts of appeal of Paris, Lyon and Marseille issued 249, 238 and 206 respectively. The others issued fewer.