A new French law, enacted on May 26, 2026, introduces a range of reforms aimed at simplifying administrative procedures, commercial leases, professional insurance, public procurement, and company transfers. The law includes provisions that modify contractual habits, negotiation calendars, and certain contentious reflexes, though it does not eliminate the need for thorough documentation of procedures. These changes are intended to streamline business operations and reduce bureaucratic hurdles for companies of all sizes. One of the notable changes involves tax procedures. Article 8 of the law modifies Article L18 of the Book on Tax Procedures, allowing micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises to consider the absence of a response from the administration within the applicable time frame as agreement on the estimated value for certain requests. However, the initial request must be properly constructed, and the company must be able to demonstrate the details of the request, the date, the documents used, and the basis for the request. In the matter of company transfers, Article 22 of the law reduces the deadline for informing employees from two months to one month, while also reducing the financial penalty from 2% to 0.5%. These changes apply to sales concluded at least two months after the enactment of the law. The law also introduces changes to public procurement, including a progressive centralization of certain exchanges on a dematerialization platform made available by the State, and provisions that allow for the reservation of certain lots for young innovative companies, up to 15% of the total amount of the concerned markets. Administrative mediation becomes a more secure tool under the law, with Article 25 creating a new article in the Code of relations between the public and the administration. This provision interrupts contentieux appeal deadlines and suspends prescription deadlines during mediation procedures. The law also extends these effects to certain mediations conducted by the Defender of Rights. Regarding professional insurance, the law includes measures that allow insured companies to cancel certain automatically renewable contracts without fees or penalties after one year. The law also regulates the compensation deadlines for insurers, requiring them to submit a compensation proposal or a motivated refusal within a specific period.