Loi De Finances Pour 2026

The European Commission has released a comprehensive report outlining its reform agenda to address fragmentation in the EU banking market, simplify regulatory frameworks, and strengthen the international competitiveness...

The French Banking Federation has published a comprehensively updated master agreement for securities lending transactions, introducing mini close-out mechanisms, enhanced valuation methodologies, and SFTR compliance features. This modernization addresses significant EU regulatory developments and aligns French documentation with international market standards like the GMSLA, providing market participants with robust contractual frameworks for securities lending.

The EU Market Integration and Supervision Package represents a comprehensive overhaul of European financial services regulation, amending 19 separate pieces of legislation including MiFIR, MiFID II, EMIR, and MiCAR. Born from the 2024 Draghi Report and 2025 Competitiveness Compass, this sweeping reform seeks to address regulatory fragmentation across Member States while fostering deeper capital market integration and broader retail investor participation.

CRD VI introduces new EU-wide branch requirements for non-EU lenders providing banking services to European borrowers, with a critical July 2026 deadline approaching.

As June 2026 arrives, French taxpayers face critical deadlines while global markets navigate rising inflation, geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, and the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on investment strategies. With equity indices remaining positive despite negative sentiment, how should investors position themselves before the summer slowdown?

The European Union's fragmented approach to Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) taxation creates significant cross-border challenges, with structures potentially facing up to three layers of taxation despite domestic...

On April 9, 2026, the French legislator published Ordinance No. 2026-255 of April 8, 2026 transposing Directive (EU) 2024/1619 (CRD VI) into French law (available here—French only)...

International law firm BCLP has advised a banking pool led by Crédit Agricole du Languedoc on establishing a €38 million Revolving Credit Facility for Elements, a renewable energy producer based in Montpellier. The facility, which can be extended to €50 million, will support the company's ambitious growth plans to reach 1 GW of installed capacity through photovoltaic, hydropower, and wind projects across France and Italy.

The European Commission's (Commission) clarifications, published on ESMA's Q&A tool in December 2025, deliver the most authoritative guidance to date on the operation of ELTIF 2.0 and the ELTIF RTS.

Le 2 février 2026, le projet de loi de finances pour 2026 (le « PLF 2026 ») a été considéré comme définitivement adopté dans le cadre de la procédure de l'article 49.3 de la Constitution