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France Is Banning Unsolicited Telemarketing Calls Starting Next Week
The new law shifts France to an opt-in system and allows fines of up to 375,000 euros per illegal call, officials said.
- On Tuesday, August 11, 2026, France implemented a ban on unsolicited telemarketing calls, requiring companies to obtain consumer consent before contacting individuals with commercial sales pitches.
- Abandoning the ineffective Bloctel opt-out registry, the government prioritized mandatory consent after 97% of the population reported annoyance with persistent daily telemarketing calls.
- Companies face fines up to €375,000 per illegal call, while individuals face €75,000, as Alice Vilcot, chief of staff at the Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Prevention of Fraud, stated "businesses are prohibited from contacting consumers without their prior consent."
- The ban threatens up to 50,000 jobs in Morocco, though Youssef Chraïbi, president of the Moroccan Federation for Outsourcing Services, noted that telemarketing now represents only 15% to 20% of total industry activity.
- Mirroring global trends, the move aligns with Germany, which enforced a similar ban since 2009, and the Netherlands, which tightened its telemarketing rules last month.
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A ban on unsolicited telemarketing calls is already in force in France. However, there are exceptions, reports the BBC.
·Warsaw, Poland
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Have you ever answered an unknown phone number and been directly sold a product or service? In France, around three-quarters of people receive at least one such call every week. That's far too many, say lawmakers, who have now banned so-called telemarketing. Violators face fines of up to €375,000 per call.
·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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