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Section 2: Automatic processing of personal data known as "Application for managing the files of foreign nationals in France".

Article R142-11 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

The Minister for Immigration is authorised to implement, on the basis of 2° of Article L. 142-1, automated processing of personal data called “Application de gestion des dossiers des ressortissants étrangers en France” (AGDREF2), the purpose of which is to guarantee the right to residence of legally resident foreign nationals and to combat illegal entry and residence of foreign nationals in France and, to this end: 1° To enable the…

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Article R142-12 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

The processing mentioned in article R. 142-11 may be consulted and linked with other processing operations concerning procedures involving foreign nationals.It transmits to the national file for checking the validity of permits information relating to the number of permits issued, their date of issue, their expiry date and the indication of the type of permit. The status of the permits and, where applicable, the reasons for their invalidity are also…

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Article R142-13 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

The processing mentioned in Article R. 142-11 includes digitised images of the photograph and fingerprints of the ten fingers of the following foreign nationals: 1° Foreign nationals applying for or holding a residence permit, a travel document valid for more than one year or the frontier worker card mentioned in annex 3; 2° Illegal foreign nationals; 3° Foreign nationals subject to a removal order; 4° Foreign nationals seeking asylum in…

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Article R142-15 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Other than the officials responsible for implementing the processing and those of the Agence nationale des titres sécurisés responsible for manufacturing the documents, have access, by virtue of their duties and within the limits of the need to know, to all or part of the personal data and information recorded in the automated processing mentioned in article R. 142-11 and in the electronic component provided for in articles R. 414-5…

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Article R142-16 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

The personal data and information recorded in the automated processing system referred to in Article R. 142-11 and in the electronic component provided for in Articles R. 414-5 and R. 431-1, excluding digitised images of fingerprints, may be sent to the following persons, by virtue of their duties and within the limits of the need to know: 1° With regard to the issue of work permits, employees of the Regional…

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Article R142-18 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

By way of derogation from article R. 142-16, for the exclusive purposes of carrying out their duties, staff responsible for searching for and checking the identity of persons, verifying the validity and authenticity of residence and travel permits within the national police, the national gendarmerie and customs may consult the digitised images of fingerprints contained in the electronic component of the permit provided for in articles R. 414-5 and R….

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Article R142-19 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Personal data and information recorded in the processing mentioned in article R. 142-11 and in the electronic component provided for in articles R. 414-5 and R. 431-1 may be communicated, in particular for identification purposes, to agents of international cooperation bodies in the fight against illegal immigration under the conditions provided for by any commitment binding France to international bodies or foreign States; where these bodies and States do not…

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