In accordance with article R. 240-1, the provisions of this title apply to foreign nationals whose situation is governed by Book II.
The list referred to in 2° of Article L. 511-7 comprises the following States: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
The administrative authority competent to ask the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons to terminate refugee status, pursuant to the first or second paragraph of article L. 511-8, is the minister responsible for asylum or the prefect of the département where the foreign national usually resides or, where the foreign national resides in Paris, the prefect of the police.
The administrative authority competent to ask the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons to terminate the benefit of subsidiary protection, pursuant to article L. 512-3, is the minister responsible for asylum or the prefect of the department in which the foreign national habitually resides or, where the foreign national resides in Paris, the police prefect.
In accordance with article R. 240-1, the provisions of this Title are applicable to foreign nationals whose situation is governed by Book II, with the exception of the provisions of article R. 521-7 and the provisions relating to fingerprinting in article R. 521-9, as well as the provisions of articles D. 521-12, R. 522-1 and R. 522-2, which are not applicable to European Union citizens.
Without prejudice to the second paragraph of article 11-1 of decree no. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004 on the powers of the prefects and the organisation and action of the State services in the regions and departments, when a foreign national within French territory applies for asylum, the registration of his application is the responsibility of the departmental prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect.
By way of derogation from the provisions of article R. 521-1, when a foreign national, placed in administrative detention, applies for asylum, the registration of his or her application is the responsibility of the prefect who ordered the administrative detention of the person concerned.
For the application of Article L. 521-3, the competent administrative authority may provide that the application is submitted to one of the legal persons mentioned in Article L. 550-2.
When the foreign national applies in person to the French Office for Immigration and Integration, the police or gendarmerie services or the prison administration, with a view to requesting asylum, he/she is directed to the competent authority.The same applies when the foreign national has lodged his application directly with the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons, without his application having first been registered by the competent…
A foreign national who, not already holding a residence permit, applies for asylum pursuant to article L. 521-1 must submit the following documents in support of their application with a view to registration:1° Details of their civil status and, where applicable, that of their spouse, civil union partner or cohabitee and their dependent children;2° The documents mentioned in the order provided for by article R. 311-1 proving that he/she entered…
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