Court of Audit

The Court of Audit is the national French administrative court charged with conducting financial and legislative audits of most public institutions and some private institutions, including the central Government, national public corporations, social security agencies, and public services. The Court is essentially a cross between a court of exchequer, comptroller general's office, and auditor general's office in common-law countries.

It is as well a Grand Corps of the French State mainly recruits among the best students graduating from the Ecole nationale d'administration.