Any file that has not been updated within five years of the recording of the first data it contains shall be deleted, except in the following cases:
1° A file containing data relating to a residence permit or travel document is deleted if, after the expiry of the document, a period of five years has elapsed without the file having been updated ;
2° The file of a foreign national containing data relating to a deportation order or a permanent ban from French territory is deleted thirty years after the measure or sentence was entered in the processing system if the file has not been updated in the last five years;
3° A foreign national’s file containing data relating to a deportation order imposed on that foreign national is deleted five years after the sentence lapses if the file has not been updated during this period;
4° A foreign national’s file containing data relating to a ban on returning to French territory is deleted after a period of five years from the expiry of the period of validity of the ban, if the file has not been updated during this period.