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EGalim assessment: how a French local authority measures its progress
The four thresholds (50%, 20% organic, 60% meat and fish, 100% for the State), the ma cantine online declaration window, the denominator trap — and level 2 certification dropping out of the count on 1 January 2027.
Reducing food waste in French canteens: the little-known EGalim obligations
Mandatory assessment, donation agreement, a ban on making unsold food unfit for consumption: what France’s EGalim law actually requires against waste in collective catering, beyond good intentions.
EGalim: France’s food law explained simply, what has been mandatory and since when
The French national food conference, organic thresholds, limits on promotions, a vegetarian menu: EGalim brings together several distinct obligations that came into force on different dates. The full overview, without jargon.
Packaging: what France’s AGEC law actually requires in 2026
Triman, sorting information, packaging EPR, the phased ban on single-use plastic — what already applies, what remains unclear, and the labelling mistakes that come up most often.
EUDR for timber: the special case of a long traceability chain
Log, sawn timber, panel, furniture: timber goes through more processing stages than the other EUDR commodities before reaching the European market. How due diligence is passed from one link to the next without getting lost.
EUDR for coffee and cocoa: what actually changes for importers
The two commodities where the EUDR weighs most heavily in volume of trade with the EU. What producers in West Africa and Latin America must supply, and the difficulties specific to these supply chains.
EUDR: the application timeline, and what has changed since 2023
30 December 2026, and 30 June 2027 under conditions. The EUDR has been postponed twice — and the second postponement also lightened the obligations: downstream operators no longer file a statement.
EUDR: filling in your due diligence statement (DDS), step by step
The plot GPS coordinates that pass, those that fail, how to structure a statement for several suppliers, and what the information system rejects most often — a step-by-step guide to the EUDR DDS.
EUDR for an SME outside the EU: what an exporter must supply to its European customer
You are not subject to the EUDR as such, but your European customer is — and without what you supply, it cannot file its statement. What a European buyer actually asks for, and how to respond without an expensive system.
EUDR: what a company risks in the event of non-compliance
Fines, confiscation, exclusion from public procurement, withdrawal from the market: the penalties provided for by the EUDR, who applies them in France, and how an inspection is triggered in practice.
Sentinel-2 and satellite monitoring: how the EU checks an EUDR statement
The European Copernicus programme makes it possible to cross-check an EUDR statement against satellite images of the declared plot. How this check works, its real resolution, and what an operator can check for itself beforehand.
E-invoicing in France, 2026: timetable, formats, preparation
What “electronic invoice” actually means, who is affected and when, what you need in place before the deadline — the French reform explained without jargon, with a preparation checklist.