Article R1111-8-1 of the French Public Health Code
I.-The national health identifier defined in article L. 1111-8-1 is the registration number in the national register for the identification of natural persons (NIR). For persons awaiting the allocation of a registration number in the national register for the identification of natural persons and until this number is allocated, the national health identifier is the waiting identification number (NIA) mentioned in the last paragraph of Article R. 161-1 of the…