Civil & Administrative

#INTN2609304DDecree of April 13, 2026 on Naturalization, Reinstatement, Inclusion of Minor Children Benefiting from Collective Effect Attached to the Acquisition of French Nationality by Their Parents, and Francization of Names and Surnames

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

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🇬🇧 English

This decree ensures privacy for individuals undergoing naturalization or name changes in France. It prevents these personal administrative acts from being indexed by search engines, while still making them accessible on Légifrance with secure access. This affects people seeking French nationality, requiring careful management of their digital footprint.

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Key Changes

  • Protects the privacy of naturalization and name change processes in France
  • Prevents indexing of personal administrative acts by search engines
  • Requires secure access to these documents on Légifrance

Obligations

What this law requires

critical

Public administrative acts related to the nationality of individuals must not be published in the Journal officiel de la République française in a manner that allows indexing by search engines.

government agenciesadministrative bodies
prohibition
high

Access to individual acts related to nationality must be provided via Légifrance under 'Accès protégé'.

government agenciesadministrative bodies
operational
high

Implement measures to ensure that acts of individual naturalization are not indexed by search engines.

administrative bodieslegal departments
operational
medium

Ensure compliance with CNIL guidance when processing naturalization applications and related acts.

government agenciesadministrative bodies
operational

Affected Parties

Individuals seeking French nationalityPeople undergoing name changes

Tags

naturalization,data privacy,French nationality