FRANCE Trends and Developments Contributed by: Myriam Epelbaum, Tom Vauthier and Pauline Joly, Bredin Prat
Prohibition of advertisement on fossil fuel Article L. 229-61 of the French Environmental Code prohibits advertising the sale or promotion of fuels with renewable energy content of less than 50%. A decree is now expected to set out the list of fuels covered by the prohibition, and the conditions under which a fuel can be advertised.
sents one metric tonne of CO2eq emission reduction or removal and is issued and verified according to recognised quality standards”). The concept of “cred- it cancellation” – meaning that once a holder uses a credit toward its climate commitments, it can no longer be resold or reused – should also be introduced under the Low-Carbon Label, in line with the CSRD framework. However, the reform has raised criticism underlying that the proposed methodology leads to overestimat- ing the overall beneficial effect of compensation pro- jects financed through carbon credits.
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