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Chairman
Mr Michel JEANNOUTOT, Honorary Advisor to the Court of Cassation, former Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal. The biography
Vice Chairman
Mr François BERNARD, Honorary State Counsellor
Director
Mr Gilles BON-MAURY
Principal Rapporteur
Ms Claude BITTER, Honoray Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal
Ms Claire ANDRIEU, professor of universities at the Institute of Political Studies of Paris
Mr Jean-Pierre BADY, Honorary Counsellor of the Court of Accounts
Mr François BERNARD, Honorary State Counsellor, Vice Chairman of the Commission
Ms Janine DRAI, qualified personality
Ms Frédérique DREIFUSS-NETTER, Honorary Counsellor at the Court of Cassation
Ms Anne GRYNBERG, University Professor
Mr Michel JEANNOUTOT, Honorary Advisor to the Court of Cassation, Chairman of the Commission
Ms Catherine PERIN, master of the court of accounts
Mr Xavier PERROT, professor of universities at the University of Clermont Auvergne
Mr Dominique RIBEYRE, auctioneer
Ms Inès ROTERMUND-REYNARD, art historian
Mr David RUZIÉ, University Professor Emeritus
Ms Laurence SIGAL, qualified personality
Mr Henri TOUTÉE, Honorary President of Section of the Council of State
Mr Bertrand DACOSTA,Maître des requêtes (Master in Chambers) at the Council of State
Mr Jean-Michel AUGUSTIN, Honorary Magistrate of the regular court system
Ms Brigitte CHOKRON, Honorary Magistrate of the regular court system
Ms Chantal DESCOURS-GATIN, Honorary Magistrate of the administrative court system
Mr François GAYET, Honorary Magistrate of the administrative court system
Me Thierry LEON DAMELINCOURT, President of the instruction Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Paris
Mr Ivan LUBEN, Magistrate of the administrative court system
Mr Jean-Pierre MARCUS, Honorary Magistrate of the regular court system
Ms Marie-Hélène VALENSI, Honorary Magistrate of the regular court system
Ms Sophie ZAGURY, Honorary Magistrate of the regular court system
The SCR records the requests after having checked their admissibility. It identifies the nature of the spoliations declared and determines the research to be carried out. It searches archive centers (National Archives, Paris Archives, departmental archives, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, banking establishments, Paris Police Prefecture, etc.) and searches for traces of possible compensation granted by France and the Post-war Germany. In addition, it plays a key role in establishing the genealogy of spoliated families and identifying the heirs and successors by contacting civil status services and notary offices.
The offices of the Berlin branch are located within the French Embassy in the Federal Republic of Germany. The branch searches for the necessary documents in German archives (archives of the Oberfinanzdirektion Berlin, Landesarchiv Berlin, etc.). She translates, analyzes and synthesizes documents by writing research reports. She intervenes in cases of restitution of cultural property from Germany to France. She develops the international relations of the CIVS with its partners, and organizes events as the Embassy’s memory referent. It carries out a monitoring function and contributes to the Commission's external communication.
The hearings secretariat organizes the hearings during which the requests are examined and the opinions adopted in the form of recommendations. The service is responsible for enlisting files, once the investigation by the reporting magistrates has been completed. He constitutes, for each session, an agenda and notifies the various interested parties of the session. Participating in these sessions are the members of the deliberative College, the applicants, the general rapporteur, the magistrate-rapporteur who makes proposals on the compensation to be provided, the Government Commissioner and the session secretariat. The secretariat of the sessions drafts the opinions which are addressed to the Prime Minister, sends a copy to the applicants and, where applicable, to the institutions and organizations concerned. The session secretariat also ensures the search for beneficiaries whose compensation shares have been reserved.
Applicants can obtain any information relating to the procedures applied to the CIVS and the monitoring of their file. Prior to the examination of their file by the Deliberative Panel, an interview is offered to the applicants as well as to the people accompanying them. The purpose of this meeting is to present to the applicants the progress of the session, to allow them to prepare their intervention and to answer the questions they have. The files can be consulted by applicants, rights holders and their representatives, on site and by appointment. Contact: +33 (0) 1 42 75 68 32 or intelligence@civs.gouv.fr.
The database supervision unit, specifically dedicated to verifying files, ensures the consistency and conformity of the data recorded, ensures their control after the files have passed through the session and it allows the exploitation of statistical data. It ensures the implementation of requirements regarding the protection of personal data.
The administrative and financial manager ensures local management of personnel and credits, in conjunction with the management of the Prime Minister's administrative and financial services. she ensures administrative and technical monitoring of the Commission's activities, and the dissemination of its statistics.