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During a terrorist attack in France, consular assistance must have a central place in the care of foreign victims and must be integrated into the crisis management system. The 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations forms the legal basis for providing consular assistance, but no further details are given regarding its content. A clarification is needed regarding reciprocity in major crisis situations. In this area, a place should be granted to decentralized agreements and the participation of territorial collectivities, which would thus contribute, along with the State services, to the international dimension of the territory.