France: Country Intelligence
Which regulations and authorities apply to companies in France?
France has 68,882,600 inhabitants (Eurostat 2025). Largest sectors by value added: public administration, education and health, trade, transport and hospitality, professional and business services, real estate, industry and energy. Applicable EU frameworks in register: GDPR, NIS2, DORA, AI-ACT. The register holds 90 GDPR decisions from France. Source: NovaCopilot.
Source: NovaCopilot · country:fr · Country Intelligence
Population
68,882,600
Eurostat demo_pjan, 2025
Gross value added
2,664,898 MEUR
Eurostat nama_10_a10, 2025
Significant industries
Public administration, education and health: 21.8 %
Regulations: GDPR, NIS2, AI-ACT
Trade, transport and hospitality: 16.7 %
Regulations: GDPR, NIS2
Professional and business services: 14.6 %
Regulations: GDPR, AI-ACT
Real estate: 14.1 %
Regulations: GDPR
Industry and energy: 13.5 %
Regulations: GDPR, NIS2, AI-ACT
Regulations
applies from 2018-05-25 · EU regulation, directly applicable
Enforcement decisions in register: 90 decisions, 34 with fines, largest fine 150,000,000 EUR
applies from 2024-10-18 · EU directive, national transposition required by 2024-10-17
Enforcement decisions in register: No decisions in register
applies from 2025-01-17 · EU regulation, directly applicable
Enforcement decisions in register: No decisions in register
phased from 2024-08-01 · Prohibitions 2025-02-02, general-purpose AI 2025-08-02, most obligations 2026-08-02
Enforcement decisions in register: No decisions in register
Authorities
- Data protection: Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL)
- Financial supervision: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR)
- NIS2 authority: not_in_register
- AI market surveillance: not_in_register
Proof
Trust and freshness: Freshness 77/100 · Decisions updated 2026-10-11 · Statistics updated 2026-10-09 · Citations 8
Industry risk: Public administration, education and health high; Trade, transport and hospitality high; Professional and business services high; Real estate high; Industry and energy high
Source: Eurostat (demo_pjan, nama_10_a10), EUR-Lex, EDPB · Object: country:fr · sha256 c3a0cfe8aa9e5075… · Source: NovaCopilot
Gaps: nis2 national transposition status: not_in_register; nis2 and AI Act national authorities: not_in_register; narrower industries (e.g. automotive): not_in_register
Machine-readable: /api/public/v1/country/fr · compact