The foreign national belonging to a specific group of people covered by the Council decision mentioned in article L. 581-2 will benefit from temporary protection from the date mentioned in this decision. They will be issued with a temporary residence document and, where applicable, a temporary work permit. This temporary residence document is renewed until the temporary protection is terminated.
Temporary protection is granted for a period of one year, renewable for a maximum of three years. This protection may be terminated at any time by decision of the Council.
The temporary residence document may be refused if the foreign national is already authorised to reside under cover of a residence document under temporary protection in another Member State of the European Union and cannot claim the benefit of the provisions of article L. 581-6.