Civil & Administrative

Name Change Requests

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

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🇬🇧 English

This law regulates the publication of individual acts regarding the state and nationality of people in France. It ensures that such acts are not indexed by search engines and are only accessible under protected conditions. These acts can be found on the Légifrance website in a 'Protected Access' format, following Articles L. 221-14, R. 221-15, and R. 221-16 of the Code of Relations between the Public and the Administration.

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Key Changes

  • Prohibits publication of personal status acts in the official journal
  • Ensures non-indexing by search engines
  • Acts are available under protected access conditions

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Do not index individual acts regarding state and nationality of persons in search engines when publishing in the Journal officiel de la République française

Journal officiel de la République française, publishing authorities
prohibition
high

Publish individual acts relating to state and nationality of persons only under conditions that guarantee they are not indexed by search engines

Journal officiel de la République française, publishing authorities
operational
high

Make acts concerning state and nationality of persons accessible on the Légifrance website exclusively in 'Protected Access' format

Légifrance website administrators, French government digital services
operational
high

Ensure compliance with Articles L. 221-14, R. 221-15, and R. 221-16 of the Code of Relations between the Public and the Administration when handling individual acts on state and nationality

All government entities publishing acts on state and nationality
operational
high

Individual acts relating to the state and nationality of persons must not be indexed by search engines when published in the French Official Journal

French Official Journal (Journal officiel de la République française) publishers
prohibition

Affected Parties

Individuals requesting name changesGovernment agencies handling personal status

Tags

name change,personal status,data protection