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Country data: France

Transposition (France)

Trend since last reporting period: 👽 positive; 👿 negative; = neutral
Ranking out of 27: 1 to 9; 10 to 18; 19 to 27

INDICATORS

Dec.
2022

EU
average

Ranking

Trend

Transposition deficit (percentage of all directives not transposed)

0.3%

1.1%

1

👽

Overdue directives

3

11

Long-overdue directives (> 2 years)

0

1

1

=

Average delay in transposing directives (in months)

4.3

12.6

1

👽

Conformity deficit (percentage of all directives transposed incorrectly)

1.4%

1.3%

18

👽

Infringements (France)

Trend since last reporting period: 👽 positive; 👿 negative; = neutral
Ranking out of 27: 1 to 9; 10 to 18; 19 to 27
Ranking out of 23
(compliance with Court rulings): 1 to 8; 9 to 16; 17 to 23

INDICATORS

Dec.
2022

EU
average

Ranking

Trend

Number of pending infringement proceedings

36

26

22

👽

Problematic sectors

  • Atmospheric pollution (5 cases)
  • Services and professions – compliance issues (4 cases)

Average duration of infringement proceedings (in months)

50.8

47.9

18

👿👿

Average time taken to comply with Court rulings (in months)

62.1

48.3

17

👿👿

Internal Market Information System (France)

Performance – France continued to perform poorly.

  • Performance on four indicators improved, most significantly on requests accepted within 1 week and replied within the deadline as well as the answering speed.
  • Results for all five indicators remained below the EEA average as in previous years.
  • Results for all indicators were in the bottom 10 results among Member States in the respective areas.
Requests accepted within one week (%)
 
Requests answered by the deadline agreed in IMI (%)
 
Satisfaction with timeliness of replies - as rated by counterparts (%)
 
Satisfaction with efforts made - as rated by counterparts (%)
 
Speed in answering requests (days)
 

Technical regulations information system (France)

 

SOLVIT (France)

  • Caseload
    Submitted cases: 154 (153 in 2021)
    Received cases: 429 (336 in 2021)

Cases not accepted: 200 (241 in 2021)

  • Resolution rate: 87% (88% in 2021)
  • Handling time (as home centre)
    Reply within 7 days: 79% (69% in 2021) – very good
    Cases prepared within 30 days: 82% (80% in 2021) – very good
    Solutions accepted within 7 days: 70% (76% in 2021 ) – poor

Cases not accepted within 30 days: 76% (60% in 2021) – very good

  • Handling time (as lead centre)
    Cases accepted within 7 days: 75% (59% in 2021) – very good
    Cases closed in 10 weeks: 43% (52% in 2021) – poor
  • Staffing level
    sufficient

Payment delays (France)

In 2022, the average payment delay (the time exceeding the legal or contractually agreed payment terms) by French public authorities was 23 days.

The average number of days needed for a business to have its invoices paid by other businesses (business-to-business payments) was 55.25 days.

Responsive administration and burden of regulation (France)

Indicator 2021 EU average
Burden of government regulation (survey replies: 1 = worst, 7 = best) 3.2   3.6  
Digital public services to start and run a business (100% = best performing) 80.1% n/a  
Payment delays by public authorities 23 days 15.7 days
Time to resolve insolvency 1.9 years 2.0 years
Impact of regulation on long-term investment decisions (survey replies) 9.5% n/a  

Access to public procurement (France)

Indicator 2021 EU average
Single bidder 19% 25%
No calls for bids 2% 6%
Publication rate (value advertised on Tenders Electronics Daily, in % of GDP) 8.6% 5.9%
Cooperative procurement (proportion of procedures with more than one buyer) 6% 5%
Award criteria (proportion of procedures awarded to cheapest bid) 7% 64%
Decision speed (days) 89   99  
SME contractors 42% 61%
SME bids 66% 73%
Procedures divided into lots 43% 31%
Missing calls for bids 2% 1%
Missing seller registration numbers 89% 29%
Missing buyer registration numbers 59% 11%

Note: A typical (mid-ranking) EU country is used for the EU average for all indicators except the publication rate. Due to delays in data availability, publication rate results are based on 2020 data.

Access to services and services markets (France)

Indicator 2021 EU average
Restrictiveness indicator – architect 2.8   2.5  
Restrictiveness indicator – accountant 3.3   1.7  
Restrictiveness indicator – civil engineer 0.9   2.4  
Restrictiveness indicator – lawyer 3.3   3.4  
Restrictiveness indicator – real estate agent 2.1   1.3  
Restrictiveness indicator – patent agent 2.8   2.2  
Restrictiveness indicator – tourist guide 1.0   1.2  
Domestic priority letter prices, letter 20 g (2020) € 1.16 € 0.88
Intra-EU priority letter prices, letter 20 g (2020) € 1.40 € 1.53
Domestic transit times, day+1 performance, priority letters 20 g (2020) n/a 84.2%

Note: The EU restrictiveness indicator (EURI) measures the level of restrictiveness for the cross-border provision of services and the right of establishment for seven groups of professional services with a high share in EU firms’ intermediate consumption or cross-border mobility. The level of restrictiveness is measured on a scale from 0 (least restrictive) to 6 (most restrictive). 

Access to finance (France)

Indicator 2021 EU average
Access to public financial support (% of SMEs indicating deterioration) 9.3%  11.3% 
Time to get paid by businesses (2022 survey) 55.3 days 52.5 days
Venture capital investments (% of GDP) 1.03% 0.48%
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