Book II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO EUROPEAN UNION CITIZENS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES

This book lays down the rules applicable to the entry, residence and removal of: 1° European Union citizens, as defined in Article L. 200-2; 2° Foreign nationals treated as citizens of the European Union, as defined in article L. 200-3; 3° Family members of European Union citizens and foreign nationals assimilated to them, as defined in article L. 200-4; 4° Foreign nationals who have private and family ties with citizens…

Any person holding the nationality of a Member State is a citizen of the European Union.European Union citizens exercise the right to move and reside freely in France conferred on them by Articles 20 and 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, under the conditions and within the limits defined by that Treaty and the provisions adopted for its application.

For the purposes of this Book, and under the conditions it lays down, nationals of States which are not members of the European Union and which are parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as well as nationals of the Swiss Confederation, are treated in the same way as citizens of the European Union.Other than nationals of the Swiss Confederation, the nationals referred to in the first paragraph…

Family member of a European Union citizen means a foreign national, regardless of nationality, who falls into one of the following situations:1° Spouse of the citizen of the European Union;2° Direct descendant under the age of twenty-one of the citizen of the European Union or his/her spouse;3° Dependent direct descendant of the citizen of the European Union or his/her spouse;4° Dependent direct ascendant of the citizen of the European Union…

A foreign national maintaining private and family ties with a citizen of the European Union is taken to mean a foreign national, regardless of nationality, not covered by article L. 200-4 and who, subject to an examination of their personal situation, falls into one of the following situations: 1° A foreign national who is, in the country of origin, a dependent family member or member of the household of a…

Restrictions on the right to move and reside freely in France imposed on foreign nationals whose situation is governed by this book may only be justified by behaviour which constitutes, from the point of view of public order and public safety, a real, current and sufficiently serious threat to a fundamental interest of society.The same applies when the foreign national whose situation is governed by this book has been subject…