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Article R615-2 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

The administrative authority may, pursuant to 2° of Article L. 615-1, decide to implement an enforceable expulsion decision taken by one of the other Member States of the European Union, the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway or the Swiss Confederation, where this decision is based:1° On a serious and present threat to public order or national security and taken by one of these States…

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Article R615-4 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Without prejudice to the provisions of article R. 615-3, where it appears that a foreign national holding a residence permit issued by the French authorities is the subject of an enforceable expulsion decision taken in the cases mentioned in 1° of article R. 615-2, the administrative authority will immediately begin examining the withdrawal of the residence permit. The existence of such a removal decision allows the residence permit to be…

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Article R615-5 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Without prejudice to the provisions of article R. 615-3, where it appears that a foreign national holding a residence permit issued by a State mentioned in article R. 615-2 is the subject of a removal decision taken in the cases provided for in 1° of the same article, the administrative authority shall consult that State for the purpose of examining whether this right to residence should be maintained.

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Article R621-1 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

The administrative authority competent to take the surrender decision pursuant to articles L. 621-1 to L. 621-7 is the departmental prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect.However, in the cases provided for in articles L. 621-2 and L. 621-3, the prefect may delegate his signature to a police officer in departments sharing a border with one or more Member States of the European Union or the Swiss Confederation for surrender…

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Article R621-2 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

Subject to the provisions of article R. 621-4, the foreign national submits the declaration of entry into French territory mentioned in article L. 621-3 to the national police services or, in the absence of such services, to the customs services or national gendarmerie units. On this occasion, he/she will be given a receipt which may be issued by means of an endorsement on the travel document.The procedures for applying this…

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Article R621-3 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

The production of the receipt referred to in the first paragraph of article R. 621-2 enables foreign nationals subject to the obligation to declare to prove, at the request of any competent authority, that they have fulfilled this obligation. The production of the receipt referred to in the first paragraph of article R. 621-2 enables foreign nationals subject to the obligation to declare to prove, at the request of any…

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Article R621-4 of the French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylum

A foreign national who is in one of the following situations is not required to make a declaration of entry into French territory:1° Is not subject to the visa requirement to enter France for a stay of three months or less;2° Is the holder of a valid residence permit, valid for one year or more, issued by a State party to the convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990;…

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