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National Annex — France (FR)

Status (July 2026): Pending — in legislative process. Community-maintained orientation, not legal advice — verify against the official gazette and authority guidance before relying on it. Corrections welcome (see CONTRIBUTING.md).

NIS2 implementation

Field Value
Implementing law Projet de loi relative à la résilience des infrastructures critiques et au renforcement de la cybersécurité (transposing NIS2, CER and DORA adjustments) — still in the legislative process as of mid-2026 (verify)
Competent authority ANSSI (Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d'information)
National CSIRT / reporting CERT-FR
Official starting point https://cyber.gouv.fr

Country notes for your CDC

ANSSI runs the MonEspaceNIS2 service to prepare entities pre-law; SecNumCloud and existing LPM/OIV regimes continue in parallel — don't wait for the law to start.

Standard checklist (all countries)

  • [ ] Applicability determined per legal entity and sector; recorded in the regulatory applicability register (GOVERN)
  • [ ] Entity registration completed with the national authority where required
  • [ ] Incident-reporting procedure drilled against the national channel and the 24 h early-warning clock (RESPOND)
  • [ ] Contact established with the national CSIRT before the first incident
  • [ ] Data protection authority contact and GDPR Art. 33 flow prepared (runs in parallel with NIS2 reporting)
  • [ ] National guidance/frameworks mapped to your control evidence (see note above)

Selector tag

fr-nat — tick "France" in tools/regulatory-profile.html to include this country's references.

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