When they are admitted to reside in France in accordance with articles L. 421-22 or L. 421-23, the spouse of the foreign national mentioned in article L. 421-12 and the children of the latter in the year following their eighteenth birthday or falling within the provisions of article L. 421-35, may be issued with a resident card bearing the words “long-term resident-EU” under the conditions set out in article L. 426-17.
The decision to grant this resident card is subject to compliance with the conditions of republican integration set out in article L. 413-7.