Meijers Committee
standing committee of experts on international immigration,
refugee and criminal law
Country
Year of
introduction
Ground for
withdrawal
Naturalised
citizens only?
Exemption in
case of
statelessness?
Austria
201525
no
yes
Belgium
201526
membership of armed
organisation abroad
conviction of min. 5
yrs for terrorist
offence(s)
Previous criminal
conviction or
withdrawal by
court
no
yes (Belgians by
birth are
exempted)
yes
yes
Denmark
200427;
201928
no
yes
court decision not
required in case
of act seriously
detrimental to
the country’s vital
interests29
Finland
201930
no
yes
yes
France
1998; 200631
yes, until 15 yrs
after
naturalisation
yes
yes
Germany
201932
no
yes
no
Italy
201833
conviction for crimes
against the state,
including terrorist
offence(s);
acts that are seriously
detrimental to the
country’s vital
interests
conviction of min. 5
yrs for terrorist crime
against the vital
interests of Finland, or
the attempt to
participate in such a
crime
conviction for terrorist
offence(s) committed
before or within 15 yrs
after naturalisation.
active involvement
with terrorist militia
abroad
conviction for terrorist
offence(s)
yes
no
yes
25
§ 33 (2) Staatsbürgerschaftsgesetz 1985.
Art. 23/2 Wetboek van de Belgische nationaliteit/Code de la nationalité belge.
27
§ 8B (1) Bekendtgørelse af lov om dansk indfødsret.
28
§ 8B (3) Bekendtgørelse af lov om dansk indfødsret.
29
Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, The World’s Stateless. Deprivation of nationality, March 2020, p.
215-216.
30
Arts 33(a) and 33(b) 359/2003 Kansalaisuuslaki. Information for Finland is partly based on the Finnish
contribution to the European Migration Network study Pathways to citizenship for third-country nationals in
the EU Member States, https://ec.europa.eu/homeaffairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/09_finland_pathwayds_to_citizenship_2019_en.pdf.
31
Arts 25 and 25-1 Code Civil. The deprivation ground was introduced in 1998, in 2006 the term within which
deprivation can take place was extended to 15 years after naturalisation.
32
§ 28 (2) Staatsangehörigkeitsgesetz.
33
Art. 10-bis Legge 5 febbraio 1992, n. 91.
26
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