France has formalised how operators of games involving monetisable digital objects must transmit regulatory data to the Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ).
An order published in the Official Journal requires operators to provide the information listed under Article 24 of the February 2026 implementing decree in CSV-format files.
The measure completes a technical element of France’s three-year experimental framework for jeux à objets numériques monétisables, commonly known as JONUM.
The regime took effect on 7 February and covers online games combining financial expenditure, chance-based mechanics and digital objects that can be monetised, including certain NFTs and utility tokens.
The reporting requirement extends beyond aggregated operational figures. Operators must retain information identifying each player, including account details, IP addresses and crypto-asset addresses used to receive rewards.
Files must also cover purchases, sales and transfers of monetisable digital objects, other player spending, promotional offers, accessory rewards and individual gaming activity.
Operators are additionally required to record player profiles, session frequency, playing time, suspected excessive gambling and detected fraudulent transactions.
The underlying decree requires those records to be retained for five years. When the ANJ makes a specific request, the relevant information must be supplied within 30 days.
Operators using distributed-ledger technology must also give the regulator access to an online interface through which associated crypto-asset transactions can be monitored.
France introduced the JONUM category through its 2024 law on securing and regulating the digital space, establishing a separate framework for products positioned between conventional video games and regulated gambling.
Operators must register their offers with the ANJ before launch and provide details about ownership, game mechanics, commercialisation and the technology supporting each platform.
The framework also imposes age verification, player-protection, anti-money laundering and fraud-prevention duties. The ANJ can investigate operators, restrict or prohibit individual offers and impose sanctions where legal or reporting obligations are breached.
Cylimit received the first published registration receipt in March, followed by Sorare Pro in April. The ANJ states that a receipt confirms completion of the declaration process but does not establish that the underlying offer complies with every applicable legal requirement.
The reporting order follows the ANJ’s warning that esports betting remains prohibited in France despite the country hosting the Esports World Cup. The regulator said offshore esports betting offers fall outside the legal market and provide none of the player protections required from authorised operators
Crypto-asset transactions included in regulatory files must be recorded at their euro value when the purchase, sale or reward occurred
