Member State detail
France short-term rental regulation and SDEP status
France now has a named national platform path: API Meubles centralises intermediary activity data, a beta is open to communes/EPCI and intermediaries, and the final national registration teleservice is planned for H2 2026.
What this means
France already has many local declaration and change-of-use rules for furnished tourist rentals.
The implementation path is now clearer: the existing Service-Public furnished-tourist declaration teleservice remains available only until 20 May 2026 at 23:59 Paris time, while API Meubles is the national application for intermediary data exchange and future national registration-number management.
Implementation status
The Direction generale des Entreprises describes API Meubles as a single central gateway for activity data exchanged between furnished-rental intermediaries such as Airbnb, Abritel, and Booking, and communes/EPCI.
A public apimeubles.finances.gouv.fr application is live. It exposes public-facing pages and JSON routes for the public landing experience, including active communes, public statistics, and export-style/public-list functions, but this is not the same as published intermediary OpenAPI or onboarding documentation.
During the beta phase, landlords continue registering properties directly with communes. The beta concerns communes/EPCI and intermediaries that need to exchange activity data.
The final version is planned for the second half of 2026. Landlords will then register each furnished tourist rental through a national teleservice using Demarche Numerique, connected to API Meubles.
API Meubles will generate the national registration number (NER), host the national register, and let competent communes/EPCI verify registration-number validity. Existing locally issued numbers will need renewal after final launch, with a transition period.
The future national NER format is being stabilised but is expected to combine a fixed FRA trigram, the commune INSEE code, and a random component.
The national registration flow is expected to request supporting documents, including identity documentation and, for a principal residence, a tax notice; where change-of-use authorisation applies, its reference and grant date are expected so communes can check validity after automatic NER issue.
Secondary residences offered as furnished tourist accommodation generally require a town-hall declaration, and some municipalities issue a declaration number that must appear in listings.
Where local change-of-use authorisation applies, it may be required before or alongside the furnished-tourist declaration.
Technical interface
No public France-specific OpenAPI schema, source-code repository, sandbox, or machine-readable intermediary onboarding documentation is currently available.
The public API Meubles web application confirms a live application surface and exposes public JSON endpoints such as active-commune listing and public statistics. These are useful implementation signals, but they do not yet provide the authenticated intermediary submission contract.
DGE says the data exchanged through API Meubles includes the registration-number key, rental-day counts, precise address, and listing URLs.
The final version is expected to align the intermediary activity-data format with European harmonisation under Regulation (EU) 2024/1028 and with the implementing decree for the 19 November 2024 Le Meur-Echaniz law.
French integration should model commune/EPCI scope, national NER, legacy local number, primary/secondary residence status, change-of-use authorisation reference/date, supporting-document requirements, precise address, SIRET where applicable, tourist-tax obligations, and platform listing URLs.
Implementation timeline
Until 20 May 2026 at 23:59 Paris time, the existing Service-Public furnished-tourist declaration teleservice remains available.
From 21 May 2026, Service-Public says only the Cerfa 14004 form remains available through that Service-Public declaration route.
The API Meubles beta phase covers communes/EPCI and furnished-rental intermediaries while landlords continue using commune registration workflows.
The final API Meubles version is planned for the second half of 2026 and will add national registration through a Demarche Numerique teleservice.
Registration workflow
During beta, landlords continue registering directly with communes where registration applies.
At final launch, landlords must request a national registration number for each furnished tourist rental through the national teleservice.
API Meubles will generate the national registration number (NER) and host the national register.
The expected national NER format combines FRA, the commune INSEE code, and a random component.
The registration workflow is expected to request supporting documents and, where relevant, change-of-use authorisation details.
Existing locally issued registration numbers will need renewal after final launch, with a transition period before old numbers become invalid.
Platform obligations
Furnished-rental intermediaries are in scope for API Meubles in both beta and final versions.
The activity data sent by intermediaries includes the registration-number key, rental-day count, precise address, and listing URLs.
The final activity-data format is expected to change to align with European harmonisation under Regulation (EU) 2024/1028.
Technical interfaces
API Meubles is the named central application, but no public OpenAPI schema or sandbox is currently available for authenticated intermediary submissions.
The public application exposes public-facing data routes, while communes/EPCI and intermediaries use role-specific application functions.
Communes/EPCI can use API Meubles to compare intermediary activity data with their own registration data.
The final version will expose registration-number validity to competent communes/EPCI and publish valid numbers from the public API Meubles landing page.
Local rules to track
Paris and other high-pressure communes remain important because local declaration, registration, change-of-use, and tourist-tax rules still apply.
DGE says the list of communes requesting intermediary activity data will be published on the API Meubles public page.
Open questions
Whether and when DGE will publish machine-readable API documentation, authentication details, sandbox access, or onboarding material for intermediaries.
How long the transition period will be for replacing legacy local registration numbers with national API Meubles numbers.
Whether the final NER format, supporting-document list, and change-of-use metadata requirements change before launch.