FRANCE Trends and Developments Contributed by: Diane Bandon-Tourret and Agathe Clarac, LexCase
to televisions (from 1 October 2024), then to washing machines (from 1 January 2025). Law No 2025-188 of 27 February 2025, aiming at protecting people from the PFAS’s (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) related risks, intro - duces, from the 1 January 2025, a prohibition to import, export or commercialised products (such as cosmetics) containing PFAS. A schedule provides for the extension of this prohibition to other products (such as any textile) until 1 Janu - ary 2030. Also, this law sets out a roadmap to eliminate industrial PFAS discharges into water. Finally, a fee will be introduced for classified facilities subject to authorisation that discharge PFAS, the amount of which will vary according to the weight of PFAS emitted per year.
The DDADUE law of 30 April 2025 (No 2025-391) introduces a unified system for group actions in all the fields concerned (consumer affairs, environment, personal data, discrimination, and labour law), with the exception of group actions in the field of public health, which remain sub - ject to a special system. It also introduce a civil penalty for professionals who cause serial dam - age by committing a lucrative fault in the course of their business (new Article 1254 of the Civil Code).
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