AOC means "Appellation d'origine controllée". This classification is an EU classification. A cheese can obtain the AOC label, only when it fulfills well defined criteria with regards to origin and production technology.
Here you see the french AOC cheeses:
| Name | Region | Milk | Type | AOC approved |
| Abondance | Savoie | cow | pressed, unheated cheese | 23.03-1990 |
| Banon | Provence | cow, goat or sheep | soft cheese w. natural rind | 23.07-2003 |
| Beaufort | Savoie | cow | pressed, heated cheese | 04.04-1968 |
| Bleu d'Auvergne | Auvergne | cow | blue cheese | 07.03-1975 |
| Bleu de Gex | Franche-Comté | cow | blue cheese | 25.07-1935 |
| Bleu des Causses | Rouergue | cow | blue cheese | 19.11-1953 |
| Bleu du Haut-Jura | see Bleu de Gex | cow | blue cheese | 25.07-1935 |
| Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage | Dauphiné | cow | blue cheese | 30.07-1998 |
| Brie de Meaux | Ile-de-France | cow | soft cheese w. surface moulds | 18.08-1980 |
| Brie de Melun | Ile-de-France | cow | soft cheese w. natural rind | 18.08-1980 |
| Broccio | Corsica | goat or sheep | soft cheese w. natural rind | 10.06-1983 |
| Camembert de Normandie | Auge | cow | soft cheese w. surface moulds | 31.08-1983 |
| Cantal | Auvergne | cow | pressed, unheated cheese | 17.05-1956 |
| Chabichou | Poitou | goat | soft cheese w. natural rind | 29.06-1990 |
| Chaource | Champagne | cow | soft cheese w. surface moulds | 19.08-1970 |
| Chevrotin | Savoie | goat | pressed, unheated cheese | 02.05-2002 |
| Comté | Franche-Comté | cow | pressed, heated cheese | 22.07-1952 |
| Crottin de Chavignol | Berry | goat | soft cheese w. natural rind | 13.02-1976 |
| Epoisses | Bourgogne | cow | soft cheese w. washed rind | 14.05-1991 |
| Fourme d'Ambert | Auvergne | cow | blue cheese | 09.05-1972 |
| Fourme de Montbrison | Forez | cow | blue cheese | 22.02-2002 |
| Laguiole | Rouergue | cow | pressed, unheated cheese | 21.12-1961 |
| Langres | Champagne | cow | soft cheese w. washed rind | 14.05-1991 |
| Livarot | Normandy | cow | soft cheese w. washed rind | 17.12-1975 |
| Maroilles | Avesnois-Thiérache | cow | soft cheese w. washed rind | 17.07-1955 |
| Mont d'Or | Lyonnais | cow, goat or cow/goat | soft cheese w. natural rind | 24.03-1981 |
| Morbier | Franche-Comté | cow | pressed, unheated cheese | 22.12-2000 |
| Munster | Alsace-Lorraine | cow | soft cheese w. washed rind | 21.05-1969 |
| Neufchâtel | Bray | cow | soft cheese w. surface moulds | 03.05-1969 |
| Ossau Iraty | Aquitaine | sheep | pressed, unheated cheese | 06.06-1980 |
| Pélardon des Cévennes | Cévennes | goat | soft cheese w. natural rind | 25.08-2000 |
| Picodon | Diois/Vivarais | goat | soft cheese w. natural rind | 25.07-1983 |
| Pont-l'Evêque | Normandy | cow | soft cheese w. washed rind | 19.08-1970 |
| Pouligny Saint-Pierre | Berry | goat | soft cheese w. natural rind | 14.02-1972 |
| Reblochon | Savoie | cow | soft cheese w. washed rind | 07.08-1958 |
| Rocamadour | Aquitaine | sheep or goat | soft cheese w. natural rind | 16.07-1996 |
| Roquefort | Rouergue | sheep | blue cheese | 26.07-1925 |
| Sainte-Maure | Touraine | goat | soft cheese w. natural rind | 29.06-1990 |
| Saint-Nectaire | Auvergne | cow | pressed, unheated cheese | 01.12-1955 |
| Salers | Auvergne | cow | pressed, unheated cheese | 21.12-1961 |
| Selles-sur-Cher | Orléanais-Berry | goat | soft cheese w. natural rind | 19.08-1970 |
| Tomme des Beauges | Savoie | cow | pressed, unheated cheese | 12.11-2002 |
| Vacherin du Haut Doubs | Franche-Comté | cow | soft cheese w. natural rind | 24.03-1981 |
| Vacherin Mont-d'Or | Franche-Comté | cow | soft cheese w. natural rind | 24.03-1981 |
| Valencay | Berry | goat | soft cheese w. natural rind | 13.07-1998 |