France has raised the financial transactions tax rate from 0.3% to 0.4%, introduced in the French Finance Law for 2025 which was passed by parliament on 6 February 2025.

The higher rate will apply to acquisitions made from the first day of the second month after the law is published in the Official Gazette.

Earlier, on 23 December 2024, France released a list of French companies with a market capitalisation exceeding EUR 1 billion as of 1 December 2024. This list is used for the French financial transactions tax imposed on purchases of securities issued by these companies.