Tax & Finance

#ECOT2616798ALegal Interest Rates for the Second Half of 2026

🇫🇷France··Other·Low Impact·View source ↗

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The legal interest rate is set at 6.84% for debts owed to individuals acting outside their professional activity, and 2.75% in all other cases, from 1 July 2026.

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Key Changes

  • Sets the legal interest rate at 6.84% for debts owed to non-professional individuals
  • Sets the legal interest rate at 2.75% for all other cases
  • Applies from 1 July 2026 for the second half of 2026

Obligations

What this law requires

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From 1 July 2026, apply the legal interest rate of 6.84% for debts owed to natural persons acting outside their professional activity during the second half of 2026.

entities calculating or paying legal interest on debts owed to non-professional natural persons
From 1 July 2026
operational
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From 1 July 2026, apply the legal interest rate of 2.75% for all debts not owed to natural persons acting outside their professional activity during the second half of 2026.

entities calculating or paying legal interest on other debts
From 1 July 2026
operational

Affected Parties

Individuals owed money outside professional activityBusinesses and other debtors or creditors applying legal interest

Tags

legal interest,debt,finance