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France's Le Meur law: what holiday-rental owners around Uzès need to know

Q: How many days can I rent?

If it is your main home (the home where you live at least eight months a year, according to the ministry's guide), you can rent it for 120 days a year at most. The law provides exceptions for professional obligations, health reasons and force majeure. Your town can, by a reasoned decision, lower this limit to as little as 90 days. The town can also ask how many days you rented, until 31 December of the following year. You have one month to reply, quoting the home's address and your number. Platforms, for their part, must take down the listing of a main home that exceeds the limit. If you exceed the limit, the fine can reach €15,000. If it is a second home, this day limit does not apply. The question is elsewhere: does your town require an authorisation? That is the subject of the next section.

Q: Do I need approval from the town hall?

The principle. Renting a home as a tourist rental is treated as a "change of use": the home is no longer only a dwelling. In some towns, this change of use requires the mayor's prior authorisation. Which towns? The town decides, by a council resolution. Towns in the so-called "tight" housing zones (a list set by decree) can make the authorisation compulsory. Other towns can too, provided they justify the choice by an imbalance between housing supply and demand. What it means for you. Main home: no authorisation is needed to rent it for short stays, within the 120-day limit (or 90 if your town has decided so). Second home: if your town applies the rule, you must apply for authorisation. The town can limit it in time (under five years) and set a maximum number of authorisations. It can only be requested if the condominium rules do not prevent it, which you confirm on your honour. A property that is not a dwelling (a former shop, for example): the town can also require an authorisation, with fines of up to €25,000. Without authorisation, where it is required. The fine can reach €100,000 per property. The court can also order the property back to residential use, with a penalty of up to €1,000 per day per square metre. In the Pays d'Uzès, we cannot tell you here what each town has decided: it all depends on its resolutions. A call to your town hall is enough to find out, and it is the first thing to do.

Q: What if I live in a condominium?

The building's rules (the règlement de copropriété) are the first document to read. New rules. Since 21 November 2024, newly drawn-up rules must say expressly whether tourist rentals are allowed or banned. Existing rules. If the rules contain a "residential use" clause (they forbid any commercial activity in units not intended for commercial use), the owners can vote to ban tourist rentals by a two-thirds majority of votes. Before the law, unanimity was required. This rule was held to be constitutional by the Conseil constitutionnel on 19 March 2026 (decision no. 2025-1186 QPC). Main home. It is not covered by this ban when it is rented occasionally, within the 90 to 120-day limit. Informing the building manager. Once your rental is registered, you must inform the syndic. They then put an item on the agenda of the next general meeting. Before publishing a listing, read the rules and check the minutes of recent general meetings: a vote on this subject may appear there.

Published on 11 October 2026 · Marsault Property Management · Last checked: 10 October 2026

The village of Saint-Siffret, near Uzès: church, tower and stone houses among pine trees — Saint-Siffret, in the Pays d'Uzès.

The French law of 19 November 2024, known as the Le Meur law, changed a lot for anyone who rents out a furnished home to visitors. As a result, many owners are no longer sure what applies to them. This page brings the essentials together in one place, in plain language. Some of the rules depend on the town: we point it out each time.

This article only covers meublés de tourisme, the French legal term for furnished tourist accommodation.

1. In one minute

Register before you rent, then display the number you receive on every listing. The law has required this of everyone since 20 May 2026, main homes included, but the national online portal where you register had not yet opened when we last checked: until it does, your town's own rules apply.
Main home: you can rent it for 120 days a year at most, and your town can lower that to 90.
Second home: your town can require a change-of-use authorisation.
In a condominium, the rules of the building can ban tourist rentals, by a two-thirds vote.
Energy rating (DPE): required to obtain the authorisation (classes A to E, then A to D in 2034). From 2034, new energy-performance rules apply to all tourist rentals other than a main home.
Tax: the simplified regime (micro-BIC) has become less favourable for unclassified rentals.
Fines can be heavy: from €10,000 to €100,000 depending on the breach.

2. Is my home a "meublé de tourisme"?

Yes, if it is a furnished home (villa, flat or studio) that the tenant uses exclusively, offered to people passing through who do not live there, for a stay by the day, the week or the month.

For example: a house rented for a week to a family on holiday, or for three weeks to someone working in the area. In both cases the tenant does not make it their home: they are passing through.

3. Do I have to register my rental, and how?

In two sentences. Before you offer your home for rent, you must register it, then display the number you receive on each of your listings. Since 20 May 2026 the law requires this of all owners, including for a main home, which was exempt until then. In practice, until the national portal opens, your town's own rules apply.

What does "registering" involve?

You enter the address of the home online and state whether it is your main home, with proof if so. The State's website sends you an acknowledgement with a registration number. The law says you do this yourself, "in person". If you use a concierge service, the number therefore remains yours.

On which listings must the number appear?

On all of them: Airbnb, Booking.com, Abritel, your own website, a listing published by an intermediary. Platforms must ask you for a declaration on your honour and your number before publishing, then display it in the listing. The listing must also say whether you rent as an individual or as a professional.

How do I display it?

Platforms have a field set aside for the registration number: look for it in your listing settings, under "regulations" or "local laws" depending on the platform. Avoid tucking it into the description if a field exists. On your own website, write it out in full near the title, with the word "individual" or "professional".

And the "portal"?

It is the national website where you will register. On 10 October 2026, the administration stated that it was not yet open to owners: the opening is announced for the fourth quarter of 2026.

What should you do in the meantime?

Follow your town's procedure. Depending on the town, registration is done on form Cerfa no. 14004 ("Déclaration en mairie des meublés de tourisme", a declaration form to hand in at the town hall), or through an online service run by the town. The service-public.gouv.fr website helps you find your town's procedure. If you already have a number from your town, keep it: it will remain usable for several months after the portal opens.
If your town has no such procedure, a platform cannot, for now, require a number from you.
When the portal opens, each home will have to be registered again, and the new number will not be a simple conversion of the old one.

And afterwards?

You update the registration if the information changes, and renew it after a period set by decree. The town receives your number and supporting documents.

What are the penalties?

Up to €10,000 if you do not register, up to €20,000 for a false declaration or a false number. The fine is imposed by the town.

4. How many days can I rent?

If it is your main home (the home where you live at least eight months a year, according to the ministry's guide), you can rent it for 120 days a year at most. The law provides exceptions for professional obligations, health reasons and force majeure.

Your town can, by a reasoned decision, lower this limit to as little as 90 days.

The town can also ask how many days you rented, until 31 December of the following year. You have one month to reply, quoting the home's address and your number. Platforms, for their part, must take down the listing of a main home that exceeds the limit.

If you exceed the limit, the fine can reach €15,000.

If it is a second home, this day limit does not apply. The question is elsewhere: does your town require an authorisation? That is the subject of the next section.

5. Do I need approval from the town hall?

The principle. Renting a home as a tourist rental is treated as a "change of use": the home is no longer only a dwelling. In some towns, this change of use requires the mayor's prior authorisation.

Which towns? The town decides, by a council resolution.

Towns in the so-called "tight" housing zones (a list set by decree) can make the authorisation compulsory.
Other towns can too, provided they justify the choice by an imbalance between housing supply and demand.

What it means for you.

Main home: no authorisation is needed to rent it for short stays, within the 120-day limit (or 90 if your town has decided so).
Second home: if your town applies the rule, you must apply for authorisation. The town can limit it in time (under five years) and set a maximum number of authorisations. It can only be requested if the condominium rules do not prevent it, which you confirm on your honour.
A property that is not a dwelling (a former shop, for example): the town can also require an authorisation, with fines of up to €25,000.

Without authorisation, where it is required. The fine can reach €100,000 per property. The court can also order the property back to residential use, with a penalty of up to €1,000 per day per square metre.

In the Pays d'Uzès, we cannot tell you here what each town has decided: it all depends on its resolutions. A call to your town hall is enough to find out, and it is the first thing to do.

6. What if I live in a condominium?

The building's rules (the règlement de copropriété) are the first document to read.

New rules. Since 21 November 2024, newly drawn-up rules must say expressly whether tourist rentals are allowed or banned.
Existing rules. If the rules contain a "residential use" clause (they forbid any commercial activity in units not intended for commercial use), the owners can vote to ban tourist rentals by a two-thirds majority of votes. Before the law, unanimity was required. This rule was held to be constitutional by the Conseil constitutionnel on 19 March 2026 (decision no. 2025-1186 QPC).
Main home. It is not covered by this ban when it is rented occasionally, within the 90 to 120-day limit.
Informing the building manager. Once your rental is registered, you must inform the syndic. They then put an item on the agenda of the next general meeting.

Before publishing a listing, read the rules and check the minutes of recent general meetings: a vote on this subject may appear there.

7. What are the energy rules (DPE)?

The energy performance certificate (DPE) comes in at two levels.

Today, for the change-of-use authorisation. If your town requires an authorisation, you must attach a DPE rated A to E. From 1 January 2034, it will have to be A to D. This rule only applies in mainland France.

From 1 January 2034, for all tourist rentals. Other than a main home, they will have to meet the energy-performance levels of a "decent" home. The mayor will then be able to ask for the DPE at any time: without a reply within two months, a penalty of €100 per day applies. The fine for a property that does not meet these levels can reach €5,000 per property.

8. What about tax?

Many owners use the simplified regime, "micro-BIC": you declare your rental income and the tax authority automatically applies a flat-rate allowance for costs.

For 2025 income	Allowance	Revenue ceiling
Unclassified tourist rental	30%	€15,000
Classified tourist rental	50%	€77,700

The allowance has a minimum of €305. These thresholds are changing: for income received from 2026, the BOFiP (the tax authority's official guidance) gives a general micro-BIC ceiling of €83,600, with unclassified rentals staying at €15,000 and 30%. For classified rentals, have your accountant confirm the applicable ceiling.

Classification means a visit by an accredited assessment body, which decides the category. It matters for tax: in the area covered by the Pays d'Uzès Pont du Gard tourist office, about 64% of tourist rentals are not classified (Tourism Memento 2026).

On resale. For a furnished property let under the "real" regime, the depreciation deducted is added back when calculating the capital gain, for sales made since 15 February 2025.

This is only an overview. For your own situation, see an accountant.

9. Checklist before renting

Condominium: I have read the rules. Are tourist rentals allowed?
Town hall: I have asked whether an authorisation is needed, which procedure applies and whether the day limit has been lowered.
DPE: I have one, and it is valid.
Registration: I have registered my rental (or followed my town's procedure) and my number appears on every listing.
Days: if it is my main home, I count my rental days.
Building manager: if I live in a condominium, I have informed them.
Tax and classification: I have talked to my accountant.

10. What MPM can do (and cannot do)

Marsault Property Management is a concierge service: we handle arrivals and departures, cleaning and communication with guests. For paperwork, we support you free of charge: helping you ask the right questions, preparing your file, understanding the DPE and classification.

We do not register on your behalf (the law asks you to do it yourself) and we do not give legal or tax advice on your case. For that, there is your notary, your accountant and your lawyer.

Do you rent, or are you thinking of renting, a property in the Pays d'Uzès? I will come and see your home, free of charge and with no commitment. +33 6 33 39 00 32 · contact@marsaultproperty.fr · Get in touch

11. Sources and updates

Legal texts (in French)

Law no. 2024-1039 of 19 November 2024, article 1
Tourism Code, article L.324-1-1 (as well as L.324-1, L.324-2 and L.324-2-1 in the same section)
Construction and Housing Code, articles L.631-7, L.631-7-1 A, L.631-9, L.631-10 and L.651-2
Law of 10 July 1965, articles 8-1-1, 9-2 and 26

Updates

11 October 2026: first version (sources checked on 10 October). The national registration portal has not yet opened. This page will be updated when it does.
11 October 2026 (morning): clarification of how the registration requirement applies while the national portal is not open, and correction of the references in the Sources section.

General information, up to date at the date shown. It is not legal or tax advice. Rules may vary depending on your town.