Back to the pace of work before the health crisis. In Versailles, the administrative court competent for disputes in the departments of Yvelines and Essonne, noticed in 2022 “a return to the situation that we knew in 2018” according to President Jenny Grand d’Esnon. Good news for the latter “because we can do more quality and this reduces the average judgment time”.
On average, the court renders its decision within one year, two months and 29 days. This is 50 days better than in 2021. And this, especially for referrals. Contrary to the global trend, these accelerated procedures – aimed at applying a measure urgently and whose decision is provisional – increased further in 2022, after reaching peaks in 2020 and then in 2021.
Some, called summary releases, must even be processed in less than 48 hours because they directly affect an individual’s freedom. These increased by 21% in 2022. “They mainly concern foreigners who request emergency accommodation, or renewal of a residence permit”, continues President Jenny Grand d’Esnon.
“There is never any slot available, I don’t know what to do anymore”
Normally, you have to go to the website of the prefecture of your department to make these appointments. But bugs sometimes make the process impossible, sometimes for several months. Until jeopardizing the professional, financial and personal situation of applicants.
“My son’s residence permit expires on May 19, 2023, testifies Jalal-Paul, a father residing in Magnanville (Yvelines), himself naturalized in 2020. For a month we have been going to the site of the prefecture, I even took several days off to go there physically or wait in front of the screen. But there are never any slots available. I don’t know what to do anymore, my son has to pass the business school entrance exams in a month…”
Prefectures urged to simplify their tools
To cope with the influx of these procedures with constrained deadlines, the Administrative Court of Versailles created in September 2021 the emergency room, with a president on duty one day a week and an on-call duty at weekends. This organization reduced the processing time for urgent referrals by four days, to an average of 20 days. But these cases are still too numerous and over certain periods, reinforcements are needed within the court to deal with them all.
In 2022, the administrative court of Versailles therefore seized the Council of State on the question. “A court decision has been taken to require the prefectures – Yvelines and Essonne respectively – to set up a clearer and easier to use system on their website for making appointments. They have until the summer of 2023 to put it in place. »
In turn, the creation of the emergency chamber has also enabled the administrative body to make progress on social disputes. These mainly concern access to financial aid such as APL, RSA, MDPH allowances (for people with disabilities) or state medical aid. “The average processing time has fallen by 86 days and is now 9 months and 20 days,” says Jenny Grand d’Esnon. It is very important to judge this quickly because it concerns a precarious public and people in difficulty. »
