Section 1: Transfer to the State responsible for examining the claim

Subject to the third paragraph of Article L. 571-1, a foreign national whose asylum application is under the responsibility of another State may be transferred to the State responsible for this examination.A decision to transfer shall be the subject of a reasoned written decision taken by the administrative authority.This decision shall be notified to the person concerned. This decision is notified to the person concerned, who is informed of the…

The transfer decision may not be enforced automatically until fifteen days have elapsed. However, this period is reduced to forty-eight hours in cases where a decision to place the foreign national under house arrest pursuant to article L. 751-2 or in detention pursuant to article L. 751-9 has been notified with the transfer decision or where the foreign national is already subject to such measures pursuant to articles L. 731-1,…

The procedure for transfer to the State responsible for examining the asylum application may not be initiated in the case of systemic failures in the State in question referred to in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.