Overview
- The National Assembly adopted the measure on 20 November during the initial vote on the 2026 budget.
- The levy would be 10% of the total price of hunting-trip packages sold by French agencies that include hunts of threatened species.
- Sponsor Corinne Vignon of Renaissance presented the transpartisan amendment as a behavioral tool to curb biodiversity loss.
- Backers say designing it as a domestic services tax keeps it compatible with European Union rules on customs duties.
- The plan touches countries where safari hunting is legal and economically significant, and it may still be revised or rejected during the legislative shuttle.