Cerfia stated that France had nearly 100,000 articles of law and 268,000 regulatory texts in force, totaling more than 51 million words. Citing figures from the government's general secretariat, the account indicated that the number of articles of law had increased by more than 65% in 20 years and that of regulatory texts by more than 50%. According to Cerfia, 33,815 texts were published in the Official Journal in 2025 and 62 laws were enacted, compared to 39 the previous year. French law would thus have gained more than a million words in a year. The account added that no year in the past two decades had seen a decline, let alone stagnation, in the number of regulations in force, and that the rule requiring the elimination or simplification of two regulations for each new regulatory standard remained largely unenforced. Cerfia estimated that this accumulation complicated administrative procedures and particularly impacted businesses, farmers, and local authorities. The account cited articles and the book by Christophe Eoche-Duval, *L’inflation normative*, published by Plon in 2024. #Droit #Normes #InflationNormative (translated)
