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View the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights Development Main Coordinating Authority Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (formerly Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development) Drafting Process The national action plan was drafted over a period of three and half...
Anti-corruption measures and remedies applicable to companies
Law No. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernisation of economic life, known as "Sapin II", strengthened the French legal system for the prevention and detection of corruption. It also requires compliance measures and programmes in certain types...
Corporate Duty of Vigilance
The French due diligence law for parent companies came into effect on 27 March 2017, requiring certain large companies to establish and effectively implement a due diligence plan.
Gender balanced representation on boards of directors and professional equality
Law No. 2011-103 of 27 January 2011 provided rules for the balanced representation of women and men on boards of directors. It requires the search for parity in companies whose securities are admitted on a regulated market, and eventually, in companies that meet certain criteria of turnover and...
Protection of whistleblowers
The law of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernisation of economic life, known as the "Sapin II" law, supplemented and harmonised the existing legislative framework in respect of whistleblowers.
Chair of the CDDH
