Le Meur law

The Le Meur law is France's statute strengthening local regulation of furnished tourist accommodation. Its formal reference is Law 2024-1039. It gives municipalities additional tools to manage the relationship between visitor accommodation and permanent housing, including powers concerning changes of use and local authorisations. The framework addresses how accommodation may operate, alongside registration, energy-performance and tax provisions.

Local regulatory powers under this law are separate from the procedure for removing an occupant after a tourist-let Booking ends. On 14 August 2026 the Constitutional Council upheld legislation extending that administrative procedure, while striking down its matching criminal provisions. The resulting Law 2026-798 was promulgated on 18 August. the Court reviewed the legislation; it did not enact the extension. That separate procedure involves the prefect and statutory conditions, rather than a general power for landlords to remove occupants themselves.