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France

EU

Copé-Zimmermann law

Applicable to

Gender

Yes

Minorities

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LGBTQ+

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Veterans

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Key requirements

The number of women company directors is expected to go up in France after its parliament passed a law on 13 January 2011 setting quotas for the gender balance of company boards. Within the next three years, it required that 20% of a company’s board members must be women, rising to 40% within the following six years.

Scope

This applies to companies quoted on the stock exchange (CAC 40), or those with more than 500 employees, with a turnover exceeding €50 million over the previous three years.

Penalties

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