#2025-594Law No. 2025-594 Against All Public Aid Fraud
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The law LOI n° 2025-594, passed in France, aims to combat fraud related to public aid. It empowers designated agents within public administrations to suspend or reject aid if serious indications of fraudulent behavior are found. The law also updates the financial codes to improve the efficiency of reporting and investigating fraudulent activities, while providing additional authority to various regulatory bodies for oversight and control.
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Key Changes
- Increased authority for agents to suspend public aid if fraud is suspected.
- Modification of aid percentages from 40% to 50% and 80% to 100% in specific regulations.
- New provisions allowing the inspection and sharing of information among financial and administrative agencies to combat fraud.
Obligations
What this law requires
Designated and authorized agents of public administrations or industrial and commercial public establishments must suspend public aid grants or payments when serious indications of deliberate breach or fraudulent schemes are found to obtain or attempt to obtain public aid induly.
Suspension measures cannot exceed three months from notification. If new elements suggesting deliberate breach or fraudulent schemes emerge during this period, suspension can be renewed for the same duration.
In cases of deliberate breach or fraudulent schemes, authorized authorities must reject public aid applications or reject payment of already granted public aid, subject to withdrawal of the aid grant decision under specified articles.
Financial investigation services must notify the delegated European prosecutor through an information note when investigations reveal facts potentially constituting offenses under EU Regulation 2017/1939 on the European Public Prosecutor.
Financial investigation services must transmit information to the delegated European prosecutor and to tax administration when such information relates to their respective missions.