Legislative part

In the absence of an appeal against the decision of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons within the time limit laid down in Article L. 532-1, the right to remain on French territory ends on notification of this decision.Where an appeal against the Office’s decision to reject the application has been lodged within the time limit laid down in Article L. 532-1, the applicant’s right…

Notwithstanding Article L. 542-1, the right to remain on French territory ends:1° As soon as the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons has taken the following decisions:a) a decision of inadmissibility taken pursuant to 1° or 2° of Article L. 531-32;b) a decision of inadmissibility pursuant to 3° of Article L. 531-32, apart from the case provided for in b of 2° of this Article;c) a…

When the right to remain on French territory has ended under the conditions laid down in Articles L. 542-1 or L. 542-2, the asylum application certificate may be refused, withdrawn or its renewal refused.The conditions for refusing, renewing and withdrawing the asylum application certificate are laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.

A foreign national who has been definitively refused refugee status or subsidiary protection or who no longer benefits from the right to remain on French territory pursuant to article L. 542-2 and who cannot be authorised to remain on French territory on another basis must leave French territory, failing which he or she will be subject to a decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory.

When the foreign national’s right to remain has ended pursuant to b or d of 1° of article L. 542-2 and an obligation to leave French territory has been issued against him or her, the administrative authority may place him or her under house arrest or in detention under the conditions laid down in articles L. 752-1 to L. 752-4.

When the right to remain in the country has ended in application of b, c or d of 1° of article L. 542-2, the foreign national may request suspension of enforcement of the removal decision.This request is made under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures laid down in articles L. 752-5 to L. 752-12 when the right to remain in the country has ended in application of b…