Where France is responsible for examining the asylum application, foreign nationals are informed when their asylum application is registered of the languages in which they may be heard during the personal interview conducted by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons.
They indicate the language in which they prefer to be heard.
He is informed that this choice is binding on him throughout the examination of his application, including in the event of an appeal to the National Court of Asylum, and that, in the absence of a choice on his part or in the event that his application cannot be granted, he may be heard in a language of which he has sufficient knowledge.
This article does not prevent the foreign national from being heard in French at any time at his or her request.
The choice of the language of proceedings may only be contested when an appeal is lodged with the Cour nationale du droit d’asile against the Office’s decision, under the conditions laid down in articles L. 532-2 and L. 532-3.
The procedures for applying this article are defined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
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