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Article L721-2 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

At the request of the administrative authority, the Director General of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons shall provide authorised agents with civil status or travel documents making it possible to establish the nationality of the person whose application for asylum has been rejected or, failing that, a copy of these documents, provided that this communication proves necessary for the implementation of a removal decision and that it does not jeopardise the safety of this person or his relatives.
The procedures for appointing and empowering these agents are laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.

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Article L721-2


A la demande de l’autorité administrative, le directeur général de l’Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides communique à des agents habilités des documents d’état civil ou de voyage permettant d’établir la nationalité de la personne dont la demande d’asile a été rejetée ou, à défaut, une copie de ces documents, à condition que cette communication s’avère nécessaire à la mise en œuvre d’une décision d’éloignement et qu’elle ne porte pas atteinte à la sécurité de cette personne ou de ses proches.
Les modalités de désignation et d’habilitation de ces agents sont fixées par décret en Conseil d’Etat.

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