Procureur général

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In France, the Procureur général is a magistrate who sits at the cours d’appel (courts of appeal), at the Cour de cassation or the Cour des comptes (Court of Auditors).^[1] In the case of the appellate courts, the term refers to the magistrate who conducts the prosecution or the suit for the court of appeal, as opposed to the members of the "formations de jugement" - the bench of judges who rule on the matter.

Courts of Appeal in the French judiciary.

The Procureurs généraux at the Courts of Appeal are the superiors of the prosecutors of the Republic whose actions they coordinate.^[2] These two groups form a public prosecutor's office (distinct from that of the Court of Cassation), subject to the instructions of the Directorate of Criminal Affairs and the Minister of Justice. The Procureur général is assisted by one or more Avocat général and Substituts généraux (magistrat du premier grade).

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