Civil & Administrative

#INTN2608760DDecree of April 8, 2026, Amending Decrees on Naturalization and Associated Processes

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

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🇬🇧 English

This law changes how personal status and nationality records are published in France. The aim is to protect privacy by ensuring these records are not indexed by search engines and are accessible only in a secure environment on the Legifrance website.

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Key Changes

  • Prevents search engine indexing of personal and nationality records
  • Restricts access to sensitive records to protected environments
  • Enhances privacy of individuals obtaining French nationality

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Ensure that individual acts relating to personal status and nationality are not indexed by search engines when published in the Journal officiel de la République française

Journal officiel de la République française, Publishing authorities
prohibition
high

Implement technical measures to prevent search engine indexation of personal status and nationality records on the Légifrance website

Légifrance website administrators, Information system managers
operational
high

Restrict access to individual acts concerning personal status and nationality to a protected access environment on the Légifrance website only

Légifrance website administrators, Access control managers
operational
high

Obtain prior advice from the CNIL before implementing publication conditions for acts relating to personal status and nationality

Government authorities responsible for applying articles L. 221-14, R. 221-15, and R. 221-16
disclosure
high

Only publish individual acts concerning personal status and nationality in the Journal officiel under conditions that guarantee non-indexation by search engines

Journal officiel publishers, Government publishing authorities
prohibition

Affected Parties

Individuals applying for French nationalityLegal practitioners handling nationality cases

Tags

naturalization,privacy,administrative process