France: Order designating adult websites established in the EU as subject to age verification rules under the Law on Securing and Regulating the Digital Space

Progress

Current status
in force
07 Jun 2025 in force
06 Mar 2025 in grace period
26 Feb 2025 adopted

Scope

Implementers
France
Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Age verification requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
streaming service provider
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

07 Jun 2025
in force

Order designating adult websites established in the EU as subject to age verification rules under the Law on Securing and Regulating the Digital Space enters into force

On 7 June 2025, the order adopted on 26 February 2025 designating EU-based pornographic websites subject to France’s age verification rules enters into force. It extends France’s enforcement framework to online pornographic platforms established in …

Source
Event type order
Action type implementation
Government branch executive
Government body central government
06 Mar 2025
in grace period

Order designating adult websites established in the EU as subject to age verification rules under the Law on Securing and Regulating the Digital Space entered into force with grace period

On 6 March 2025, the order adopted on 26 February 2025 designating EU-based pornographic websites as subject to France’s age verification rules was published in the Official Journal of the French Republic, formally setting in motion the 3 month impl…

Source
Event type order
Action type in force with grace period
Government branch executive
Government body central government
26 Feb 2025
adopted

Minister of Culture and the Minister Delegate for Digital Affairs adopted order designating adult websites established in the EU as subject to age verification rules under the Law on Securing and Regulating the Digital Space

On 26 February 2025, the Minister of Culture and the Minister Delegate for Digital Affairs formally adopted an order designating EU-based pornographic websites as subject to France’s age verification requirements. This order was made under the autho…

Source
Event type order
Action type adoption
Government branch executive
Government body central government