Registration of new births

This service completes the child's nominal data (name and surnames) on the basis of the birth declaration form, linked to its declaration number, date of birth and sex registered at the initial declaration in the healthcare facility, in order to assign an NPI.

• Original copy of the birth declaration form
• Marriage certificate of the parents or paternity acknowledgement
• Parents' CIP, FID, CNIB or biometric driving licence (if available).

This service is governed by the following texts:

• Law no. 2002-07 of 24 August 2004 on the Code of Persons and the Family
• Law no. 2021-13 of 20 December 2021 amending and supplementing law no. 2002-07 of 24 August 2004 on the code of persons and the family
• Law no. 2020-34 of 06 January 2021 on special provisions for the simplification and dematerialised management of civil-status registration
• Decree 2018-471 of 10 October 2018 defining the procedures and operation of the administrative framework for derogatory civil-status registration and setting the rules for dematerialisation of records
• Decree no. 2019-072 of 06 March 2019 amending articles 2, 3, 4 and 5 of decree no. 2018-471 of 10 October 2018 defining the procedures and operation of the administrative framework for derogatory civil-status registration and setting the rules for dematerialisation of records
• Decree no. 2025-679 of 29 October 2025 defining the practical procedures for derogatory civil-status registration of births of children aged thirteen (13) and under and of deaths.