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FRENCH REPUBLICMinistry for the Ecological TransitionLEGAL REQUIREMENTGreenhouse GasEmissions AssessmentArticle L.229-25 of the French Environmental CodeDecree 2022-982 · published 1 July 2022FREQUENCY · 4 YEARSFILING · ADEMECHECKER · BEGES REQUIREMENTREQUIRED720 employees · BEGES requirementPOTENTIAL PENALTY€50,000maximum fine for failing to complete itart. R.229-50OFFICIAL REFERENCE
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What is Mandatory GHG assessment ?

A French legal requirement for organisations with more than 500 employees to publish their carbon footprint every 4 years on the ADEME platform.

Official diagram of BEGES stages and corresponding chapters of the ADEME v5 guide
Source: ADEME Method, version 5 (July 2023).Complete guide
The legal framework at a glance

Three milestones to understand your requirement.

  1. Check your legal status, workforce and overseas location.

  2. Carry out your GHG emissions assessment covering scopes 1, 2 and significant scope 3.

  3. Publish your BEGES and action plan on the official ADEME platform.

Special case: companies subject to the CSRD publish annually. Click the figures for details.

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Ref. 2026·BC·0184REPORT · FINANCIAL YEAR 2026Bilan Carbone®complete 1·2·3Presentation to the Executive Committee · 2027 action planCONTENTS01Executive summaryp. 402Scope and methodologyp. 1203Emissions by scopep. 24042027 action planp. 5605Methodological appendicesp. 78VOLUME84 pages · ConfidentialSTANDARDISO 14064 · GHG ProtocolQUOTATION · BC.2026.0184Issued 05·05·2026 · Valid for 30 daysCelsius consultancy · Paris 3rd arrondissementINDICATIVE COST ESTIMATEYour companyMid-sized company · 180 employees · CSRD 2027SERVICEBilan Carbone®Scope 1·2·3 · 13 weeksBPIFRANCE FUNDING · - 60%INDICATIVE RANGE EXCL. VAT€16,800to €22,400PROJECT DETAILS01 · SCOPING3 weeks~€4,20002 · MODELLING8 weeks~€9,80003 · PRESENTATION2 weeks~€4,800Indicative estimate · Refined after scopingSIRET 891 234 567 00012

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Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

Penalties, frequency, scope 3, filing on the ADEME platform: the questions most often asked in our mandatory BEGES projects.

Article L229-25 of the French Environmental Code (version in force since 3 May 2025, Law No. 2025-391) provides for an administrative fine of up to €50,000, increased to €100,000 for repeat offences; the regional prefect's formal notice procedure is set by Article R229-50-1. Failure to publish is made public on the bilans-ges.ademe.fr platform and, since the Climate and Resilience law, can exclude the organisation from public procurement. See our complete BEGES guide.
It depends on the organisation's status. Companies with more than 500 employees (250 in French overseas territories) publish every 4 years. The State, local authorities with more than 50,000 inhabitants and other public-law legal entities with more than 250 staff publish every 3 years. Large companies subject to the CSRD also publish their emissions annually as part of sustainability reporting (ESRS E1).
BEGES is a French legal requirement with a prescribed administrative format filed on bilans-ges.ademe.fr. Bilan Carbone® is a voluntary methodology developed by ABC, which is more comprehensive (scope 3 always included, action plan required). A properly completed Bilan Carbone® fulfils the BEGES requirement. See our detailed comparison and our cost estimator.
Publication takes place on bilans-ges.ademe.fr through your company account. You enter data by scope (1, 2, 3 if applicable: see our article on the scope 3 requirement), the organisational boundary, and attach your action plan. Validation within 5 working days by ADEME.
The threshold is assessed using the average monthly workforce in the previous year, under Article L229-25 of the French Environmental Code. If you exceed 500 employees in 2025, you must publish your first BEGES in 2026 on the ADEME platform for the previous reference year. This is the blind spot we most often encounter in consultancy work: many companies discover their obligation retrospectively, although compliance is generally achievable without extensive remedial work.
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