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Article L121-7 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

The Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons) is a public body with legal personality and financial and administrative autonomy reporting to the Minister responsible for asylum. It recognises the status of refugee or stateless person, or grants the benefit of subsidiary protection to persons fulfilling the conditions mentioned in Title I or Chapter II of Title VIII of Book V.
It exercises the legal and administrative protection of refugees as well as that of beneficiaries of subsidiary protection or stateless status.
The Office carries out the missions mentioned above with complete impartiality and does not receive any instructions in their performance.

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Article L121-7


L’Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides est un établissement public doté de la personnalité civile et de l’autonomie financière et administrative placé auprès du ministre chargé de l’asile. Il reconnaît la qualité de réfugié ou d’apatride, ou accorde le bénéfice de la protection subsidiaire aux personnes remplissant les conditions mentionnées au titre I ou au chapitre II du titre VIII du livre V.
Il exerce la protection juridique et administrative des réfugiés ainsi que celle des bénéficiaires de la protection subsidiaire ou du statut d’apatride.
L’office exerce en toute impartialité les missions mentionnées ci-dessus et ne reçoit, dans leur accomplissement, aucune instruction.

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