France presented on July 27, 2026 a bill ratifying the OECD’s CARF agreement, the international framework governing automatic exchange of tax data on crypto assets, introduced by Minister Jean-Noël Barrot in the Council of Ministers. This text complements the EU’s DAC8 directive, already in effect since January 1, 2026, by extending tax surveillance beyond the European Union’s borders to 76 global jurisdictions, including the United States, Japan, Switzerland, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. Data collection began in January 2026 in first-wave jurisdictions, with the first effective exchanges expected between 2027 and 2029 depending on the country. Bercy is thus definitively integrating crypto assets into the classic international tax cooperation circuit, on par with traditional bank accounts.
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