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Article 98 of the French Civil Code

A record in lieu of a birth record is drawn up for any person born abroad who acquires or recovers French nationality, unless the record drawn up at his or her birth has already been entered in a register kept by a French authority.

This record states the surname, first names and sex of the person concerned and indicates the place and date of his or her birth, parentage and residence at the date of acquisition of French nationality.

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Article 98

Un acte tenant lieu d’acte de naissance est dressé pour toute personne née à l’étranger qui acquiert ou recouvre la nationalité française à moins que l’acte dressé à sa naissance n’ait déjà été porté sur un registre conservé par une autorité française.

Cet acte énonce les nom, prénoms et sexe de l’intéressé et indique le lieu et la date de sa naissance, sa filiation, sa résidence à la date de l’acquisition de la nationalité française.

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