The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons may take a decision to close the examination of an application in the following cases:
1° The applicant, without a legitimate reason, has submitted his or her application to the Office by failing to comply with the time limits laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat and running from the submission of his or her asylum application certificate or has failed to attend the interview at the Office;
2° The applicant deliberately and flagrantly refuses to provide information essential to the examination of his or her application pursuant to Article L. 531-5;
3° The applicant has not informed the Office, within a reasonable time, of their place of residence or address and cannot be contacted for the purposes of examining their asylum application.