Title II: ACCESS TO THE ASYLUM PROCEDURE

Any foreign national present on French territory and wishing to apply for asylum shall present himself in person to the competent administrative authority, which shall register his application and proceed, under conditions laid down by decree in the Council of State, to determine the State responsible pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 26 June 2013, establishing the criteria and mechanisms for…

Every applicant shall be provided, in a language that he or she understands or may reasonably be presumed to understand, with information on the rights and obligations arising from the application of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, under the conditions laid down in Article 4 thereof.

When the asylum application is submitted by a foreign national who is in France accompanied by his or her minor children, it is considered to be submitted on his or her behalf and on that of his or her children.

Registration takes place no later than three working days after the asylum application is submitted to the competent administrative authority, with no prior requirement for residence. However, this time limit may be extended to ten working days when a large number of foreign nationals apply for asylum simultaneously.

When the administrative authority considers that the examination of an application for asylum falls within the jurisdiction of another State which it intends to request, the provisions of Title VII shall apply. .

Where France is responsible for examining the asylum application, foreign nationals are informed when their asylum application is registered of the languages in which they may be heard during the personal interview conducted by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons.They indicate the language in which they prefer to be heard.He is informed that this choice is binding on him throughout the examination of his application,…

Once their asylum application has been registered, foreign nationals are issued with an asylum application certificate, the conditions for the issue and renewal of which are set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. The period of validity of the certificate is set by order of the minister responsible for asylum. The issue of this certificate may not be refused on the grounds that the foreign national does not have the…