France news

Payroll & Labour·Légifrance·2 months ago

Timac Agro unifies maintenance on-call pay and rest rules

The 6 July 2026 accord unifies on-call across three Saint-Malo plants, with standby premiums, call-out pay and daily rest reducible to nine hours.

Industry: Across industries

Payroll & Labour·Légifrance·2 months ago

ARQUUS sets weather-stoppage recovery and CETI transfer rules

The amendment adds lost-hours recovery after collective stoppages, including orange-alert weather, and lets staff move CETI days to the RCR counter.

Payroll & Labour·Urssaf·2 months ago

Urssaf sets 30 September cut-off for artist-author contribution cut

Artist-authors have until 30 September to request modulation of provisional contributions and until 15 October to pay the Q4 2026 call.

Industry: Artistic creation

Payroll & Labour·Service Public·2 months ago

Shared-custody dismissal rule: ending one contract changes the other

Ending one of two family contracts changes the contract with the remaining family, which must be amended or terminated by its own employer.

Industry: Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel

Payroll & Labour·Service Public·2 months ago

Asylum work wait now runs from GUDA registration

For asylum claims filed since 12 June 2026 the six-month wait runs from GUDA registration, not Ofpra referral; on CNDA appeal the work right survives only with a prior permit and a right to remain.

Industry: Across industries

Payroll & Labour·Urssaf·2 months ago

Urssaf collects new branch levies for fast food and florists in 2027

From the January 2027 pay period, fast-food employers declare a 0.01% dialogue levy and florist and pet-trade employers 0.10%; hotels-cafés-restaurants move their training levy to 0.35%.

Industry: Food and beverage service activities · Accommodation · +1 more · Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles

Public Sector & Economy·Entreprendre Service Public·2 months ago

Fuel aid for builders extended to August diesel

Non-road diesel aid extended to August 2026: 20 cents a litre, 4,000 euros cap, filing 1-30 September on impots.gouv.fr.

Industry: Construction

Legal & Corporate·Service Public·2 months ago

Repair rights page corrected: EU rules not yet law in France

Service Public now says the EU repair directive applies at EU level since 31 July while transposition continues; its standing guarantee guide already gives the maker-repair right for contracts from 31 July 2026.

Industry: Manufacturing

Tax·impots.gouv.fr·2 months ago·2 documents

DGFiP tightens professional-space security and SEPA mandate steps

Both creation guides now require a 20-character password and say the B2B direct-debit mandate must reach the bank, with the RUM recorded, before any first self-assessed tax payment.

Industry: Across industries

Payroll & Labour·Entreprendre Service Public·2 months ago

France tables pay-transparency bill for employers

Pay-transparency transposition bill presented on 10 September: pay ranges in hiring, past-pay questions banned, reinforced equality index for 50+ employers — still before Parliament.

Industry: Across industries

Payroll & Labour·Service Public·2 months ago

France resets pension top-up rules by age from 2027

Retirees returning to work after 1 January 2027 face three age bands: full deduction below legal age, a €7,000 earnings allowance with 50% clawback to age 67, then uncapped combining with new pension rights.

Tax·BOFiP - Bulletin Officiel des Finances Publiques·2 months ago

Who accounts for French VAT: supplier or customer

BOFiP doctrine maps who accounts for French VAT -- the supplier or the customer -- across cross-border supplies and sectoral reverse charges.

Industry: Specialised construction activities · Telecommunications · +2 more · Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery · Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply

Financial Sector & Markets·Service Public·2 months ago

France reworks bank direct-debit guidance around SEPA mandate

Reworked service-public.fr guidance: SEPA mandate contents, duration, opposition and revocation steps, contestation deadlines and bank-fee disclosure.

Industry: Other monetary intermediation

Tax·BOFiP - Bulletin Officiel des Finances Publiques·2 months ago·7 documents

France updates reduced VAT rates for housing renovation works

BOFiP consolidates the 10% and 5.5% rates for dwelling renovation and energy works, fossil-boiler exclusion and on-invoice client certification.

Industry: Specialised construction activities

Tax·BOFiP - Bulletin Officiel des Finances Publiques·2 months ago

France clarifies VAT reverse charge for subcontracted construction works

New binding BOFiP ruling details which subcontracted building, public-works and maintenance jobs fall under reverse charge, plus invoicing and public-procurement rules.

Industry: Construction

Payroll & Labour·Urssaf·2 months ago·2 documents

« Régularisation mixte »: credits offset remaining dues on Urssaf calendars

After the 2026 social-base reform, a calendar can show debit balances on some risks and credit balances on others. Credits automatically offset remaining 2025 dues; any surplus is reimbursed with no action required.

Industry: Across industries

Tax·Entreprendre Service Public·2 months ago

Fuel allowance for high-mileage workers extended to 30 September 2026

The EUR 100 allowance for high-mileage workers can now be claimed until 30 September 2026 via the impots.gouv.fr simulator and form; means, vehicle and distance conditions are unchanged.

Financial Sector & Markets·Légifrance·3 months ago·2 documents

Watch and jewellery traders face AML duties for goods over €10,000

The new professional-trader test applies regardless of payment method; other goods traders retain a separate cash or electronic-money test.

Industry: Retail sale of watches and jewellery in specialised stores