#JUSN2606629DDecree of 31 March 2026 on Name Changes (Protected Access)
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This French decree, dated 31 March 2026 and published 2 April 2026, 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 all individual administrative acts concerning the civil status and nationality of persons may only be published in the Journal officiel de la République française under conditions that prevent indexing by search engines. These acts must be made available exclusively on the Légifrance website under 'Accès protégé' (protected access). The measure follows an opinion from the CNIL (French data protection authority). The goal is to protect the privacy of individuals whose name changes or related civil-status decisions are officially published.
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Key Changes
- Individual acts on civil status and nationality can no longer be published in the Journal officiel without anti-indexing measures
- All concerned acts must be published exclusively under 'Accès protégé' on Légifrance
- Publication conditions must guarantee non-indexation by search engines
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What this law requires
Individual administrative acts concerning civil status and nationality of persons must not be indexed by search engines when published in the Journal officiel de la République française
Individual administrative acts concerning civil status and nationality must be published in the Journal officiel de la République française only under conditions that prevent search engine indexing
Make individual administrative acts concerning civil status and nationality accessible exclusively on the Légifrance website under 'Accès protégé' (protected access)
Implement technical measures on the Légifrance website to restrict access to name change and civil status acts to authorized users only