List of authorities intervening in each stage of the procedure

Stage of the procedure

Competent authority (EN)

Competent authority (FR)

Application at the border

Border Division, Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA)

Division de l’asile à la frontière, Office Français de Protection des Réfugiés et Apatrides (OFPRA)

Application on the territory

Prefecture / French Office for Immigration and Integration (OFII)

Préfecture /Office Français de l’Immigration et l’Intégration (OFII)

Dublin procedure

Prefecture

Préfecture

Accelerated procedure

Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA)

Office Français de Protection des Réfugiés et Apatrides (OFPRA)

Refugee status determination

Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA)

Office Français de Protection des Réfugiés et Apatrides (OFPRA)

Appeal

National Court of Asylum (CNDA)

Cour nationale du droit d’asile (CNDA)

Onward appeal

Council of State

Conseil d’Etat

Subsequent application (admissibility)

Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA)

Office Français de Protection des Réfugiés et Apatrides (OFPRA)