Entry 13: France
Loi Le Meur in full, the 90-night principal-residence cap in Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux and Nice, registration, and taxes.
The entry guide
Working guides on this file
France Declaloc Registration Number: A Host Guide to the 13-Digit Code How to obtain, display and keep the Declaloc number correct across every listing. Guide France France Condo and Copropriete Rules for Short Lets How building rules can ban or limit short letting even where the city allows it. Guide France France Energy-Performance Rules for Rental Properties How energy ratings interact with short lets, and why a letting host should check the wider rental rules. Guide France France Fines and Enforcement Under Loi Le Meur The 10,000 to 50,000 EUR range, who enforces, and how hosts respond to an enquiry. Guide France France Furnished Rental Classification: Location Meublee Explained How furnished letting categories shape tax, registration and host duties. Guide France France Host Registration Steps by Commune How commune declaration works in practice, and why the commune portal is the final authority. Guide France France Platform Obligations Under Loi Le Meur and the EU Framework What platforms must verify, display and report in France, and how hosts feel those duties. Guide France France Rural and Small-Town Short Lets: A Different Picture Why small communes differ from Paris, and which rules still apply outside major cities. Guide France France Second Homes and Change-of-Use Authorisation Why second homes follow a different route from principal residences, and what authorisation involves. Guide France France Short-Term Rental Taxes in General Terms Furnished letting classification, income recording and platform collection, without invented rates. Guide France France: What Changed on 20 May 2026 EU display duties, the French timetable, and what hosts needed to have ready by that date. Guide France Loi Le Meur Explained: What the 2024 Law Changed Registration generalised, caps cut in four cities, and fines raised: the law's structure and its limits. Guide France Lyon, Bordeaux and Nice: The 90-Night Caps Beyond Paris The same cap cut, three different local pictures, and why each city still needs its own check. Guide France Paris 90-Night Cap for Principal Residences How the Paris cap works, how nights are counted, and what happens at the limit. Guide France Paris Compensation Rule for Second Homes, Explained How Paris change-of-use compensation works in general terms, and why it is not a general French rule. Guide