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The national laws on legal aid are Law No 91-647 and Decree No 91-1266.
The search tool below will help you to identify court(s)/authority(ies) competent for a specific European legal instrument. Please note that although every effort has been made to ascertain the accuracy of the results, there may be some exceptional cases concerning the determination of competence that are not necessarily covered.
Ministry of Justice, Department for Access to Law and Justice and Support for Victims (Service de l'accès au droit et à la justice et de l'aide aux victimes), Legal Aid Office (Bureau de l'aide juridictionnelle)
Office address: 13 Place Vendôme; 75042 Paris CEDEX 01; France
Tel.: +33 1 70 22 74 12
Email: baj.sadjav-sg@justice.gouv.fr
The geographical areas of jurisdiction are metropolitan France, the overseas departments (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, French Guiana and Réunion) and Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.
By post to the following address:
Ministry of Justice, Department for Access to Law and Justice and Support for Victims (Service de l'accès au droit et à la justice et de l'aide aux victimes), Legal Aid Office (Bureau de l'aide juridictionnelle)
13, place Vendôme
75042 Paris CEDEX 01
France
Applications must be completed in French.
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