Civil & Administrative

#INTN2604519DDecree of April 1, 2026 Reporting a Decree of Naturalization (Protected Access)

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This French decree implements Article L. 221-14 and Articles R. 221-15 and R. 221-16 of the Code of Relations between the Public and the Administration. It mandates that individual acts concerning the civil status and nationality of persons may only be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic under conditions that prevent indexing by search engines. These acts, including naturalization decrees, must be made available exclusively on the Légifrance website under "Accès protégé" (protected access). The measure was issued after consultation with the CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés). The goal is to protect the privacy of individuals whose nationality or civil status is modified by government decree.

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Key Changes

  • Individual acts on civil status and nationality can no longer be published in the Journal Officiel in an indexable format by search engines
  • All such acts must be published exclusively on Légifrance under "Accès protégé" mode
  • Publication conditions must guarantee non-indexation by search engines as per Articles R. 221-15 and R. 221-16

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Obligations

What this law requires

high

Publish individual acts concerning civil status and nationality only in the Official Journal of the French Republic (Journal officiel de la République française) under conditions that prevent indexing by search engines

French government authorities responsible for publishing official acts
disclosure
high

Ensure that naturalization decrees and individual acts modifying nationality or civil status are not indexed by search engines

French government authorities and Légifrance website administrators
operational
high

Make individual acts concerning civil status and nationality accessible exclusively through Légifrance website under 'Accès protégé' (protected access) rather than through general public access

Légifrance website administrators and French government publishing authorities
operational
high

Implement technical and procedural measures on the Légifrance platform to restrict access to naturalization decrees and civil status acts to authorized users only

Légifrance website administrators
operational
medium

Consult with CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés) before implementing or modifying the protected access conditions for publishing individual civil status and nationality acts

French government authorities responsible for administering the decree
operational

Affected Parties

Naturalized citizensIndividuals changing civil status or nationality by decree+3 more…

Tags

naturalization,protected access,Légifrance