Law adopted after constitutional review removed criminal fines
First wave of formal notices and lawsuits against energy retail and utility companies
La Poste ruling set the first detailed judicial standard for plan adequacy.
Paris Judicial Court held a French parent company liable for a foreign subsidiary's conduct for the first time, confirming the law's extraterritorial reach.
Docket of vigilance cases continues to grow at the Paris judicial court.
The first compliance date for the French Duty of Vigilance Law is 2018. All statutory application dates have now passed.
As of 14 July 2026, the French Duty of Vigilance Law is in force in French. The pioneering 2017 framework for mandatory vigilance, this law legally compels large French companies to actively prevent global human rights and environmental harms, backed by strict civil liability and a growing history of extraterritorial enforcement.
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