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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Personal interview

Article L531-16

The absence of a lawyer or a representative of an association does not prevent the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons from conducting an interview with the applicant.Wi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for examining the application

Article L531-4

The conditions and time limits for examining applications for asylum submitted to the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons are set by decree in the Council of State..

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: SUBSIDIARY PROTECTION

Article L512-3

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons terminates, on its own initiative or at the request of the administrative authority, the benefit of subsidiary protection when th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article L521-14

At the time of their presentation to the administrative authority with a view to registering a first application for asylum in France, foreign nationals cannot be considered to present the non-negligi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REFUGEE STATUS

Article L511-2

The acts of persecution and the grounds for persecution, within the meaning of Section A of Article 1 of the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951, shall be assessed under the conditions laid down in para…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REFUGEE STATUS

Article L511-6

Refugee status shall not be granted to a person who falls within one of the exclusion clauses provided for in sections D, E or F of Article 1 of the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951.The same section…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: COMMON PROVISIONS

Article L513-2

The persecution or threat of persecution taken into account in the recognition of refugee status and the serious harm or threat of serious harm that may give rise to the benefit of subsidiary protecti…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: COMMON PROVISIONS

Article L513-5

The application for asylum of a person who would have access to protection in a part of the territory of his or her country of origin may be rejected if he or she has no reason to fear persecution or…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: ASSESSMENT OF THE ASYLUM SEEKER'S VULNERABILITY AND PARTICULAR NEEDS

Article L522-2

The assessment of the applicant's vulnerability is carried out by agents of the French Office for Immigration and Integration who have received specific training for this purpose.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: ASSESSMENT OF THE ASYLUM SEEKER'S VULNERABILITY AND PARTICULAR NEEDS

Article L522-4

Information attesting to a particular situation of vulnerability is forwarded, with the asylum seeker's agreement, by the Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration to the Office français de…

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