France announces planned restrictions on trade in goods from Israeli settlements
France has committed to bringing forward national measures restricting trade in goods from Israeli settlements. No implementing legislation or start date has yet been published.
- Who this affects
- Businesses supplying France with goods sourced from Israeli settlements or whose origin may need closer verification.
- Seller action
- No immediate general seller change
No new declaration change applies yet. Check sourcing and retain reliable origin information while France develops the detailed measures.
- Effective dates / current position
- Announced; not yet in force and no start date confirmed
- Last reviewed
- 8 Sept 2026 — an editorial source check, separate from automatic timing.
- Official source
- Open the primary source ↗
What has France announced?
On 8 September 2026, France, the United Kingdom and Canada issued a joint leaders’ statement saying they would take steps to ban the importation of goods from Israeli settlements. A wider ministerial statement published by France Diplomatie says the participating countries intend to introduce national restrictions, support European restrictions, or are actively considering measures in accordance with their national procedures.
For France, this is a confirmed policy commitment. It is not yet an operative French import prohibition.
What is not covered by the announcement?
The statements concern goods from Israeli settlements. They do not announce a general prohibition on all goods originating in Israel, nor do they provide the detailed origin, product-scope or documentary rules that French customs authorities would use.
This is also separate from VAT, IOSS, the temporary €3 low-value customs duty and ordinary parcel-value thresholds.
What this could mean for UK sellers
A UK seller could be affected if goods sent to France originate in a settlement and fall within the future French measures. Dispatching those goods from the UK would not change their origin.
Once an import prohibition applies, a parcel’s value would not override it. Until France publishes its implementing rules, however, businesses should not guess which tariff codes, origin evidence, territories or transitional arrangements will be covered.
What to do now
- Review suppliers and sourcing where products may originate in Israel or the Palestinian territories.
- Keep reliable supplier declarations, production records and other origin evidence.
- Do not treat the announcement as a current customs-declaration change.
- Wait for French implementing legislation and customs guidance before deciding whether a shipment is prohibited.
Official sources
- Élysée: joint leaders’ statement, 8 September 2026 ↗
- France Diplomatie: joint foreign ministers’ statement, 8 September 2026 ↗