France: Council of State ruling on Interministerial order of 26 February 2025 on the application of age verification obligations under the SREN Law (Decision No. 505472)

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Council of State ruling on Interministerial order of 26 February 2025 on the application of age verification obligations under the SREN Law (Decision No. 505472)

On 15 July 2025, the Council of State in Decision No. 505472, rejected the request to suspend the interministerial order of 26 February 2025 that imposed an obligation on certain pornographic content services established in other Member States of th…

Scope

Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Age verification requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court

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2025-06-16
under investigation

On 16 June 2025, the Paris Administrative Court ordered the suspension of the application of the de…

2025-06-18
under appeal

On 18 June 2025, the Minister Delegate for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs announced th…

2025-07-15
in force

On 15 July 2025, the Council of State in Decision No. 505472, rejected the request to suspend the i…