The French Constitutional Court annulled France`s carbon tax on the basis that it allowed exemptions for 93% of industrial emissions, including politically connected farmers and fishing operations. The exemptions were the result of compromises to maintain competitiveness, according to the government. President Sarkozy`s administration said it will resubmit a revised program. France is a Green Plan nation listed on Resource Renewal Institute`s Green Plans in Action page.

In a next step in developing its Green Plan, France issued a set of progress indicators for its National Sustainable Development Strategy. The strategy marks environmental and social progress in `the role of ecosystems` for general welfare. The French Green Plan was initiated in 2007 through a series of national dialogues that will allow for acceptance of initiatives for sustainable behavior. Forty-five indicators, within four broad themes, were developed to inform national and local government, business, NGOs, and citizens about environmental and economic pressures and progress. The indicators include sustainable management of biodiversity, changes to and/or loss of natural habitats, consumption and production, individual resource and energy use, recycling rates, waste generation per sector (household, agricultural, industrial), public health, social integration, governance and knowledge improvement. The indicators will assist the EU in preparing a comprehensive environmental index for use in conjunction with the more traditional GDP. One measure drawing some controversy will be of imported CO2 from foreign trade.