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Article L811-3 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Without prejudice to any professional secrecy other than medical secrecy, the authorities and private individuals mentioned in 1° to 8° of Article L. 811-4 shall transmit to the competent administrative authority, acting within the framework of the examination of an initial application for a permit or an application for renewal of a permit or within the framework of the checks provided for in Articles L. 432-2, L. 432-5 and L….

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Article L811-4 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

The right of communication provided for in article L. 811-3 is exercised at the request of the competent administrative authority, on an ad hoc basis and free of charge, regardless of the medium used for storing the documents, with:1° Authorities holding civil status records;2° Administrations responsible for labour and employment;3° Social security bodies and the institution mentioned in article L. 5312-1 of the Labour Code;4° Schools and higher education establishments;5°…

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Article L811-5 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

The competent administrative authority is required to inform the person whose residence permit it is about to withdraw on the basis of information or documents obtained from the authorities or private individuals mentioned in 1° to 8° of article L. 811-4 of the content and origin of the information and documents thus obtained. It shall provide a copy of the aforementioned documents to the person concerned if he/she so requests.The…

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Article L811-6 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

The terms and conditions for the application of this section shall be determined by decree in the Council of State, issued after obtaining the opinion of the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés. This decree shall define in particular the nature of the documents and information that may be communicated to the competent administrative authority by each of the authorities or private persons mentioned in 1° to 8° of…

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Article L812-1 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

All foreign nationals must be able to produce the documents under cover of which they are authorised to travel or reside in France at the request of any judicial police officer from the national police force or the national gendarmerie and, on the order and under the responsibility of the latter, the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in Article 20 and in 1° de l’article 21…

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Article L812-2 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Checks of the obligations to hold, carry and present the documents provided for in article L. 812-1 may be carried out in the following situations:1° Apart from any identity check, if objective elements deduced from circumstances external to the person concerned himself are such as to reveal his status as a foreigner; these checks may only be carried out for a period not exceeding six consecutive hours in the same…

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Article L812-3 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

With a view to verifying compliance with the obligations to hold, carry and present the documents provided for in article L. 812-1 or to investigate and record offences relating to the entry and residence of foreign nationals in France, officers of the judicial police of the national police force or the national gendarmerie may carry out summary inspections of vehicles on the public highway, excluding private cars:1° In an area…

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