Only in the case of behaviour likely to harm the fundamental interests of the State, or linked to activities of a terrorist nature, or constituting acts of explicit and deliberate incitement to discrimination, hatred or violence against a specific person or group of persons, may an expulsion decision be issued:
1° Foreign nationals who can prove by any means whatsoever that they have been habitually resident in France since reaching the age of thirteen at the most;
2° A foreign national who has been legally resident in France for more than twenty years;
> A foreign national who has been legally resident in France for more than twenty years
3° A foreign national who has been legally resident in France for more than ten years and who has been married for at least four years either to a French national who has retained French nationality, or to a foreign national covered by 1°, provided that community of life has not ceased since the marriage;
4° A foreign national who has been legally resident in France for more than ten years and who is the father or mother of a French minor child residing in France, provided that they can prove that they have effectively contributed to the upkeep and education of the child in accordance with the conditions laid down in article 371-2 of the Civil Code since the child’s birth or for at least one year;
5° Foreign nationals habitually resident in France if their state of health requires medical care, the lack of which could have exceptionally serious consequences for them and if, given the availability of healthcare and the characteristics of the healthcare system in the country of return, they could not effectively receive appropriate treatment there.
By way of derogation from this article, the foreign nationals mentioned in 1° to 5° may be the subject of an expulsion decision if they live in France in a state of polygamy.
By way of derogation from this article, a foreign national mentioned in 3° and 4° may be the subject of an expulsion decision pursuant to articles L. 631-1 or L. 631-2 if the acts on which the expulsion decision is based were committed against his or her spouse or children or any children over whom he or she exercises parental authority.
The fact that a foreign national mentioned in 1° to 5° has been definitively sentenced to a fixed term of imprisonment of at least five years does not prevent him/her from benefiting from the provisions of this article.