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# French Senate adopts bill shielding public cloud deals from US law
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-12-17-france-senate-sovereign-cloud-procurement-bill/
- Published: 2025-12-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T12:01:55.000Z
- Description: France's Senate adopted a bill requiring public bodies' cloud contracts to include a clause barring submission to foreign extraterritorial laws such as the US CLOUD Act. It now goes to the National Assembly, with implementation delayed a year.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [Senat (French Senate) legislative file, 17 December 2025](https://www.senat.fr/travaux-parlementaires/textes-legislatifs/la-loi-en-clair/proposition-de-loi-relative-a-la-securisation-des-marches-publics-numeriques.html?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish whether the National Assembly will adopt the bill or in what form.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-07\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)