In 2025, the Direction générale de la concurrence, de la consommation et de la répression des fraudes (DGCCRF), a French government agency responsible for ensuring fair competition and consumer protection, inspected around thirty dairy producers and processors. The inspections aimed to ensure these companies followed legal rules related to written contracts between farmers and their first buyers. The DGCCRF checked whether these companies had proper framework agreements and contracts in place, including how prices were set and adjusted, how performance indicators were weighted, and whether billing rules were followed. They also looked for any major imbalances in the rights and responsibilities of the parties involved. The investigation found that the level of written contracts varied across agricultural sectors, with some areas showing more progress than others. In the dairy industry, where written contracts have been required since 2011, some improvements were noted, but challenges remained. For example, in the sheep's milk sector, some agreements were still in the negotiation phase due to disagreements over how to calculate prices. However, there were also positive developments, such as more formalized pricing methods and more companies signing framework agreements. The DGCCRF fined Savencia, a major dairy company, €3,935,000 for failing to meet its legal obligations towards its suppliers. The fine was based on two violations of the Egalim laws, which aim to ensure fairer agricultural trade practices. Specifically, Savencia did not provide a written explanation for rejecting a framework agreement proposal from a group of producer organizations within a reasonable time, and it failed to send necessary billing information to a producer organization. The DGCCRF has not commented further on this decision, and Savencia has stated it plans to challenge the fine. Before the new agricultural emergency law was passed, the DGCCRF had already been enforcing the Egalim laws, which require written contracts when necessary, proper formalities, and fair negotiation processes. The new law adds more tools to increase transparency and balance power between different actors in the agricultural and food supply chain. These include the ability to penalize buyers for practices that avoid certain quality labels, requiring automatic price renegotiation clauses, and ensuring that price formulas include justifiable reference indicators. The law also sets a maximum of four months for negotiations, with the possibility of extending to six months through an interprofessional agreement. If no agreement is reached by the end of this period, companies must use a mediator for agricultural commercial relations, and if mediation fails, they must submit the dispute to a dedicated agricultural commercial disputes resolution committee. These provisions are meant to ensure that negotiations are completed in a timely manner and that agreements are properly documented. The new rules, which are now part of the Rural and Fishing Code, require a decree from the Council of State to be fully implemented. This decree is still being prepared. The DGCCRF inspectors who handle producer-industrial relations are part of regional teams that also handle other types of inspections, so it is not possible to determine exactly how many full-time staff are dedicated solely to these agricultural controls.