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# France makes SecNumCloud or EUCS qualification mandatory for State data hosting
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-04-14-france-decree-mandates-secnumcloud-state-data/
- Published: 2026-04-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-01T10:50:46.000Z
- Description: France's Decree No. 2026-272 makes SecNumCloud or equivalent EUCS qualification mandatory for cloud providers hosting the State's most sensitive data, covering named administrations and six public-interest groupings, two years after the SREN law required it.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified

Verified [Legifrance, Decree No. 2026-272 of 14 April 2026](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000053900789?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that any current host lacks the qualification or that a migration away from a non-qualified provider has begun.

**How this item counts.** Towards autonomy: it changes whose law governs. Binding 3 of 3 (in force or operating), scale 2 of 3 (medium), Verified counts in full: weight +6 of 36 possible. Decree in force requires SecNumCloud/EUCS (foreign-law shield) for national State data hosting. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)