{"id":216475,"date":"2026-02-06T08:21:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T07:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=216475"},"modified":"2026-02-06T09:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:18:08","slug":"france-air-disputes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/france-air-disputes","title":{"rendered":"France complicates legal action in aviation disputes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"il\">Flightright, a <\/span>one of Europe's leading providers of compensation to passengers affected by air travel disruptions, is warning that a new provision adopted by the French government will make it even more difficult for passengers to get their money back.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">From 7 February 2026, a decree (reference 2025-772 of 5 August 2025) will<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> applies. According to Flightright, the text radically alters the rules applicable to air passenger compensation disputes, making access to justice more complex and costly for travellers. In fact, it alters the current European regulation governing passengers' rights in the event of problems with their airline.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>France against the tide<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In accordance with European regulations, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">passengers have access to a free application procedure for disputes of less than \u20ac5,000. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><u>From 07\/02, the<\/u>rom now on, France will impose a fee of between \u20ac50 and \u20ac150 per procedure for taking a case to court. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/european-union-air-compensation\/\">Flightright<\/a>this<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> This new requirement creates a direct financial obstacle to the exercise of a fundamental right.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0The decree also modifies the right to grouped legal action. Passengers travelling in a group will now have to take their case to court individually, except in the case of family ties.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> As a result, there will be more steps to take and more costs to pay for the same air disruption.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Finally, passengers currently have to pass through a <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">mandatory conciliation for disputes under \u20ac5,000. From 7 February, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">any legal action will require a prior attempt at exclusive mediation before the Tourism and Travel Ombudsman. This step is a precondition for the admissibility of any recourse to the courts. The mediator has six months to issue an opinion, which is not binding, even though some airlines do not subscribe to this system. Its financing is also questionable, as it is based on the payment of a fee of around \u20ac60 per case by the airlines. Judicial conciliation is no longer a possible alternative, and the relevance of the mandatory conciliation introduced in October 2023 remains in question.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These developments have prompted strong criticism from legal professionals, explains Flightright. They are warning that access to the courts will be restricted and that the procedures for passengers will become massively more complex. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Whereas France makes the exercise of rights more complex, the European Union seems to be seeking to guarantee their application, as recently demonstrated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/european-parliament-passenger-rights\/\">the european parliament vote<\/a> which wishes to maintain - or even extend - current passenger rights. Instead of restricting them as the European Council wishes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France will be implementing a decree from 7 February 2026 that will make it more expensive and complex to bring a dispute with an airline to court...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":216545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,71],"tags":[1019,2411],"type-darticle":[52],"n_magazine":[],"class_list":["post-216475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aerien","category-politique-voyages","tag-france","tag-droit-des-consommateurs","type-darticle-breve","vapo-free"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Les litiges a\u00e9riens vont 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