A foreign national who provides proof of at least five years’ regular uninterrupted residence in France under a temporary or multi-annual residence permit or a resident’s permit, stable and regular resources sufficient to meet his or her needs and health insurance shall be issued, subject to the exceptions provided for in article L. 426-18, with a resident’s permit bearing the words “long-term resident-EU” for a period of ten years.
The years of residence under cover of a temporary residence permit bearing the wording “private and family life” withdrawn by the administrative authority on the basis of a marriage whose sole purpose was to obtain a residence permit or to acquire French nationality may not be taken into account to obtain the residence permit provided for in the first paragraph.