Section 3: Investigation

The appeal is communicated to the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons.The Office immediately transmits the applicant’s file to the National Court of Asylum, which keeps it available for the applicant.The other pleadings and documents produced by the applicant are communicated to the Office if they contain new elements.

The pleadings and documents produced by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons in the course of the proceedings shall be communicated to the applicant. .

Communications with claimants are made by ordinary letter, with the exception of the notice of receipt provided for in article R. 532-9, the order closing the investigation provided for in article R. 532-21, the information provided for in article R. 532-26, the notice of hearing provided for in article R. 532-32 and of the decision itself, notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.Without prejudice to the provisions of the…

Where the claimant is represented by a lawyer, the procedural acts are carried out in respect of that agent, with the exception of notification of the notice of receipt provided for in Article R. 532-9, the notice of hearing provided for in Article R. 532-32 and the decision itself, which are sent personally to the claimant.The information provided for in Article R. 532-22 is also sent personally to the claimant.

Communications with lawyers are made by ordinary letter, with the exception of the order closing the investigation and the notice of hearing, which are served by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.As an exception to the first paragraph, lawyers registered in a system allowing the electronic communication of procedural documents under the conditions defined by the order provided for in article R. 532-8 shall be deemed to have received the…

Communications with the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons shall be made electronically, under conditions guaranteeing the reliability, integrity, security and confidentiality of exchanges.If the documents produced by the applicant cannot, due to their number, volume or characteristics, be communicated to the Office under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph, only the inventory of these documents shall be sent to the Office so that…