Subsection 2: Designation of the country of return

The administrative authority shall determine, by a decision separate from the removal decision, the country to which the foreign national may be returned in the event of the automatic enforcement of a decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory, a ban on returning to French territory, a decision to implement a decision taken by another State, a ban on movement on French territory, a deportation decision, a penalty of…

The administrative authority may designate as the country of return:1° The country of which the foreign national is a national, unless the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons or the National Court of Asylum has recognised him as a refugee or granted him the benefit of subsidiary protection or if a decision has not yet been taken on his application for asylum ;2° Another country for…

The provisions of Chapter IV of Title I of Book VI are applicable to the challenge and judgment of the decision determining the country of return which is intended to enforce a decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory or a ban on returning to French territory.The provisions of articles L. 614-7 to L. 614-13 are applicable to the challenge and judgment of the decision determining the country of…