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Request the communication of documents to the administration
Request for documents
Your contact information
Contact details of the requested administrative authority
Has... (place), the ... (date),
Subject: Communication of administrative documents
Madame (or Sir) the (Prefect, Mayor, President...) ,
As permitted by Law No. 78-753 of 17 July 1978 on the communication of administrative documents, I have the honor to request you in order to obtain the communication of the following document(s ): (indicate very precisely the documents requested).
I kindly ask you to allow me to consult them on the spot on ... at... (date and times desired) or to notify me of the opening hours of your services when consulting the documents
Or*
Please send me a copy (in paper format, on diskette, on Cdrom, on DVDROM, or on USB Key**)
Or*
I kindly ask you to send them to me in digital format by email at the following address:
In the meantime and thanking you for the attention given to my request, please accept, Madam, Sir, the expression of my sincere greetings.
Signature
*The mode of communication is at the choice of the applicant, within the limits of the technical capacities of the administrative services (reproduction material and preservation of the documents requested)
**Shipping and reproduction costs are billable to the applicant (including medium)
Contact details of the requested administrative authority
Has... (place), the ... (date),
Subject: Communication of administrative documents
Madame (or Sir) the (Prefect, Mayor, President...) ,
As permitted by Law No. 78-753 of 17 July 1978 on the communication of administrative documents, I have the honor to request you in order to obtain the communication of the following document(s ): (indicate very precisely the documents requested).
I kindly ask you to allow me to consult them on the spot on ... at... (date and times desired) or to notify me of the opening hours of your services when consulting the documents
Or*
Please send me a copy (in paper format, on diskette, on Cdrom, on DVDROM, or on USB Key**)
Or*
I kindly ask you to send them to me in digital format by email at the following address:
In the meantime and thanking you for the attention given to my request, please accept, Madam, Sir, the expression of my sincere greetings.
Signature
*The mode of communication is at the choice of the applicant, within the limits of the technical capacities of the administrative services (reproduction material and preservation of the documents requested)
**Shipping and reproduction costs are billable to the applicant (including medium)
Good to know
The right of access is exercised if the subject of the request meets the three conditions: that it is a document, of an administrative nature, that the administration actually has in its possession.
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