Civil & Administrative

#INTN2607906DDecree of March 31, 2026 amending decrees on naturalization, reintegration, mention of minor children benefiting from the collective effect attached to the acquisition of French nationality by their parents and francization of names and first names (Protected Access)

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🇬🇧 English

This decree modifies previous regulations concerning the publication of individual administrative acts related to French nationality, naturalization, reintegration into nationality, and name changes. It mandates that acts concerning naturalization, reintegration, minor children benefiting from collective effect, and francization of names must be published in the Official Journal only under conditions that prevent indexing by search engines. These documents are now exclusively accessible on the Légifrance website under a 'protected access' regime. The measure 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, following an opinion from the CNIL (French data protection authority). The goal is to protect the personal data and privacy of individuals acquiring or modifying their French nationality status.

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Key Changes

  • Individual acts on naturalization, reintegration, minor children collective effect, and name francization can no longer be freely published in the Journal Officiel
  • Publication must occur only under technical conditions preventing search engine indexing
  • All concerned acts are now exclusively available on Légifrance under 'Accès protégé' regime

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Obligations

What this law requires

high

Publish individual administrative acts concerning naturalization, reintegration, minor children benefiting from collective effect, and francization of names in the Official Journal only under conditions that prevent indexing by search engines

Official Journal (Journal officiel de la République française) and publishing authorities
operational
high

Ensure that published acts related to French nationality status changes are not indexed by search engine robots through technical measures such as robots.txt directives or meta tags

Official Journal administrators and technical staff
operational
high

Make individual acts concerning naturalization, reintegration, minor children benefiting from collective effect, and francization of names accessible exclusively through the Légifrance website under a 'protected access' regime

Légifrance administrators and the ministry responsible for maintaining the official legal database
operational
high

Implement protected access controls on Légifrance to restrict public availability of documents concerning French nationality acquisitions and name changes

Légifrance technical administrators
operational

Affected Parties

Individuals acquiring French nationality through naturalizationPersons seeking reintegration into French nationality+4 more…

Tags

French nationality,naturalization,protected access