FranceLoi n° 2024-449 du 21 mai 2024 visant à sécuriser et réguler l'espace numérique (SREN, Law No. 2024-449 of 21 May 2024 on securing and regulating the digital space), articles 1 and 2 (age verification for access to pornographic content)
Loi n° 2004-575 du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l'économie numérique (LCEN) art. 10, 10-1 et 10-2, modifiés et créés par la loi n° 2024-449 du 21 mai 2024, art. 1 et 2
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In force since 22 May 2024.
An adult content age verification (AV) rule binding private bodies.
As of 15 July 2026.
What this law does
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Requires editors of pornographic websites and video sharing platforms accessible from France to verify that users are adults, using a system that meets a technical référentiel adopted by Arcom after an opinion from the CNIL.
Abrogates the prior judicial blocking mechanism (former article 23 of the law of 30 July 2020) and lets Arcom issue a mise en demeure and then order internet access providers and DNS resolvers to block a noncompliant site directly, without a judge, and have it delisted from search engines.
If you get it wrong
Private right of actionNo
Penalties
Financial penalties of up to 250,000 euros or 4 percent of worldwide annual turnover, whichever is higher, doubled to 500,000 euros or 6 percent for repeat noncompliance within five years, plus blocking and delisting orders that intermediaries must execute within 48 hours.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Arcom, after an opinion from the CNIL president for financial penalties
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
Covered services
Pornographic websites and video sharing platforms accessible from France, whatever their place of establishment.
Verification methods
Digital ID, Third party service, Transactional data, Device signal
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
official law text, Journal officiel via Légifrance
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