"An Unfair and Economically Destructive New Tax": Medical Device Companies Appeal to the Lecornu Government

We, medical device companies—specializing in cardiac implants, orthopedic prosthetics, dressings, and infusion equipment, representing a sector made up of 95% SMEs—have learned with dismay of the planned introduction of a new tax in the 2027 PLFSS.

Presented without prior consultation, this additional levy, estimated at more than 150 million euros per year, deals a severe blow to already fragile companies that innovate, manufacture, and create jobs throughout our regions. It is a deindustrialization measure of grave concern for our country.

Initial assessments conducted across several firms reveal a decline in net profitability so severe that it threatens the very survival of some. For many industry players, such a measure would not merely require additional effort: it would push industrial sites fighting every day to maintain operations in France toward disinvestment, relocation, or complete closure.

Yet the government had pledged to guarantee fiscal stability and refrain from introducing additional taxes during the final budget cycle of this term. Indeed, in January 2026, Sébastien Lecornu wrote in his letter to business leaders that "2026 will be a year of stability for French businesses, with particular attention paid to SMEs and mid-caps, which form the productive backbone of the country."

Reneging on this commitment just days ahead of parliamentary debates, without any impact assessment or prior dialogue with the industry, would represent a major economic, industrial, and political error.

At a time when France needs growth, employment, social revenues, and healthcare sovereignty, penalizing those who invest within its borders cannot be considered a sound policy choice or direction.

Medical device companies constitute a strategic, high-value-added sector that is essential for access to care and healthcare innovation. In 2025, they accounted for 90,200 direct jobs and supported 444,000 jobs through their activities across France. Weakening this sector today permanently compromises our ability to provide healthcare tomorrow.

Our organizations reject this unfair and economically destructive new tax with the utmost determination. Our companies no longer have the means to make up for the absence of structural reforms year after year through increasingly burdensome levies.

We, the signatory companies of this appeal, solemnly urge members of parliament to stand united during the examination of the 2027 PLFSS and eliminate this new tax in order to defend our enterprises, our jobs, our regions, and our healthcare sovereignty. Regarding this new levy, our position is unequivocal: we reject it.

We reject this new tax.

The signatories:

Laurence Comte-Arassus — President of Snitem

Guirec Le Lous — President of MedTech in France

Jean-Luc Marcelin — President of UFAT — Union des fabricants d’aides techniques

Companies endorsing the appeal:

001 2F SURGICAL

002 3 D MATRIX EUROPE SAS

003 3D SURGICAL

004 ABBOTT FRANCE SAS

005 ABBOTT MEDICAL FRANCE

006 ABBOTT MEDICAL FRANCE DIVISION VASCULAR

007 ABIOMED SARL

008 ABISS

009 ACCURAY EUROPE SAS

010 ACEKARE

011 AcuSurgical

012 ADHEX TECHNOLOGIES

013 AD SCIENTIAM

014 ADTMED

015 ADVANCED BIONICS SARL

016 ADVANCED LIFE SOLUTIONS

017 ADVANCED MEDICAL SOLUTIONS

018 AESCULAP

019 AESTHETIC GROUP

020 AGUETTANT (LABORATOIRE)

021 AILSY

022 AIR LIQUIDE MEDICAL SYSTEMS

023 ALCON SAS (LABORATOIRES)

024 ALPHADIAB SAS

025 ALPOL COSMETIQUE

026 ALTER ECO SANTE

027 AMBELIO

028 AMBU SARL

029 A.M.I. FRANCE

030 AMO FRANCE

031 AMPLITUDE SAS

032 ANATOMIKMODELING

033 ANDROME MEDICAL

034 APELEM

035 APTISSEN FRANCE

036 ARCADOPHTA

037 ARTERYA

038 ARTHESYS

039 ARTHREX

040 ASAHI INTECC EUROPE B.V.

041 ASEPT INMED

042 ATF SAS

043 ATOS MEDICAL SAS

044 ATTOM

045 AURORA SAS

046 AUSTRAL DIAGNOSTICS SAS

047 AUXENS

048 AXELIFE

049 AXENTISS

050 AXOMOVE

051 Axorus

052 BALT SAS

053 BASECAMP VASCULAR SAS

054 BAXTER SAS

055 B. BRAUN MEDICAL SAS

056 BECTON DICKINSON FRANCE

057 BEIERSDORF

058 BENEW MEDICAL (LABORATOIRE)

059 BENOIT SYSTEMES

060 BENTLEY INNOMED GMBH

061 BERLIN HEART GMBH

062 BETTERISE TECHNOLOGIES

063 BE YS HEALTH SOLUTIONS FRANCE

064 BFP RESEARCH

065 BIOCODEX

066 BIOCORP PRODUCTION

067 BIOMERIEUX SA

068 BIOMET FRANCE SARL

069 BIOSE INDUSTRIE

070 BIOSENCY

071 BIOSENSORS FRANCE SAS

072 BIOSERENITY MEDICAL DEVICES GROUP

073 BIOSPHERE MEDICAL

074 BIOTECH DENTAL DIGITAL

075 BIOTECH DENTAL S.A.S.

076 BIOTIC PHOCEA (LABORATOIRES)

077 BIOTRONIK FRANCE

078 BIOXAL

079 BIOXIS PHARMACEUTICALS SAS

080 BI PHARMA SAS

081 BMOTION TECHNOLOGIES (MILA)

082 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL SA

083 BOW MEDICAL

084 BRACCO IMAGING FRANCE

085 BRAINLAB FRANCE

086 BRAND MEDICAL DIFFUSION SAS

087 BREAS MEDICAL AB

088 BRIGHTFLOW

089 BRIGHTHEART

090 BROTHIER (LABORATOIRES)

091 BSN RADIANTE SAS

092 BVI

093 CAERUS MEDICAL

094 Cairdac

095 CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS FRANCE SAS

096 CAPTEUR PROTECT

097 CARANX MEDICAL

098 CARDIAWAVE

099 CARDINAL HEALTH FRANCE 506

100 CAREFUSION FRANCE 309

101 CARELINE SOLUTIONS SAS

102 Careprod Technologies

103 CARL ZEISS MEDITEC SAS

104 CARMAT SAS

105 CARTHERA

106 CARVOLIX

107 CCD (LABORATOIRE)

108 CDM LAVOISIER LABORATOIRES CHAIX ET DU MARAIS SAS

109 CELEOS

110 CEMAG CARE

111 CERAVER

112 CERECARE

113 CHEMINEAU (LABORATOIRE)

114 CIDELEC

115 CILIATECH

116 CIRCUM LIFE SCIENCES

117 CIR MEDICAL

118 CIZETA MEDICALI FRANCE

119 CLARIANCE

120 CLARTEIS

121 CLAUDE LASSERTEUX S.A. (ETS)

122 CLEANIS

123 COCHLEAR FRANCE SAS

124 COLGATE PALMOLIVE

125 COLLIN

126 COLOPLAST (LABORATOIRES)

127 COMPUTER ENGINEERING

128 CONMED FRANCE

129 CONTINUUM PLUS SANTE

130 CONVATEC (LABORATOIRES)

131 COOK FRANCE

132 COOPER

133 CORCYM

134 CORDIS FRANCE SAS

135 CORIN FRANCE SAS

136 CORWAVE SA

137 COUSIN BIOSERV

138 COUSIN BIOTECH

139 CREE

140 CRISTALENS INDUSTRIE

141 CROMA FRANCE

142 CRYO BIO SYSTEM

143 CUREETY SAS

144 CUTTING EDGE

145 DAAN TECHNOLOGIES

146 DAMAE MEDICAL

147 DASSAULT SYSTEMES

148 Datacapt

149 DATAMEDCARE

150 DBV TECHNOLOGIES

151 DEMANT AIDES AUDITIVES FRANCE

152 DEMGY FRASNE

153 DENSMORE (LABORATOIRE)

154 DENTAL MONITORING

155 DENTEO

156 DENTSPLY SIRONA FRANCE

157 DERMOSCIENCES FRANCE

158 DESSINTEY SAS

159 DEVICOR MEDICAL FRANCE SAS

160 DEXCOM FRANCE

161 DHCARE FRANCE SAS

162 DIABELOOP SAS

163 Dianosic *

164 DIAPPYMED

165 DIATEC FRANCE

166 DIDACTIC

167 DIFFUSION TECHNIQUE FRANÇAISE (LA)

168 DIMED CARE

169 DISTRIBUTION CONSEIL BIEN-ETRE

170 DIXI MEDICAL SAS

171 DJO FRANCE SAS

172 DRÄGER FRANCE SAS

173 DRIVE DEVILBISS HEALTHCARE SAS

174 DR. WEIGERT FRANCE SAS

175 EAKIN FRANCE SAS

176 ECENTIAL ROBOTICS

177 ECHOSENS

178 ECOLAB HEALTHCARE

179 EDAP TMS

180 EDAP TMS FRANCE

181 EDEVICE SA

182 EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES

183 ELECTRONICA TECHNOLOGIES

184 ELEKTA

185 ELLEN WILLE THE HAIR COMPANY GMBH

186 EMBECTA FRANCE

187 EMYOSOUND

188 ENOVACOM

189 ENOVIS SURGICAL FRANCE

190 ENSWEET

191 EOS IMAGING

192 EPOCA U&I

193 EPPUR

194 ERGOCONCEPT

195 ERGO-DIFFUSION

196 ESAOTE MEDICAL

197 E-SCOPICS

198 Euclide Care

199 EUREDUC

200 EUROBIO SCIENTIFIC

201 EUROFEEDBACK S.A.

202 EUROS

203 EVOLUCARE TECHNOLOGIES

204 EXOLIS

205 EXPANSCIENCE LABORATOIRES

206 EYESOFT

207 EYE TECH CARE

208 F2D MEDICAL

209 FEEL

210 FERRING (LABORATOIRE)

211 FH INDUSTRIE

212 FIJIE (LABORATOIRES )

213 FILL-MED FRANCE

214 FIM MEDICAL

215 FINANCIERE GROUPE CAIR

216 FINEHEART SA

217 FLUOPTICS

218 F.N.D.

219 FRANCE CHIRURGIE INSTRUMENTATION (FCI SAS)

220 FRANCE DEVELOPPEMENT ELECTRONIQUE

221 FRESENIUS KABI FRANCE

222 FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE FRANCE

223 FRESENIUS VIAL SAS

224 FRILAB (LABORATOIRES ) SAS

225 FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE FRANCE SAS

226 FUJIFILM SONOSITE FRANCE SARL

227 GALDERMA INTERNATIONAL

228 GALMEON

229 GAMIDA TECH

230 GANYMED ROBOTICS

231 GC TECHNOLOGY

232 GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS SCS

233 GENIUS-MED

234 GENOUROB

235 GENSIGHT BIOLOGICS

236 GETINGE FRANCE

237 GIBAUD

238 GIVEN IMAGING SAS

239 GLAUKOS FRANCE

240 GLEAMER

241 GLOOKO SAS

242 GN HEARING SAS

243 GROUPE SEBBIN

244 GT CONCEPT SAS

245 HAMILTON MEDICAL

246 HAPPYNEURON

247 HEALABS

248 HEALSHAPE

249 HEMAC

250 HEMARINA

251 HEMODIA

252 HEMODYNES

253 HEMOTECH SAS

254 HEPTA MEDICAL

255 HERAEUS

256 HILL-ROM SAS

257 HOLLISTER FRANCE

258 HOME HABILIS

259 HOPE CARE

260 HOPPEN

261 HORUS PHARMA

262 HUVY

263 IBSA PHARMA

264 I CAIR GROUP

265 ICONEUS

266 IDMED SAS

267 IMACTIS

268 IMPLICITY

269 IN2BONES

270 INARI MEDICAL EUROPE

271 INCEPTO MEDICAL

272 INHEART

273 INNOSET

274 INNOTHERA (LABORATOIRES)

275 INNOV'SA

276 INOGEN EUROPE BV

277 INOMED NEUROCARE

278 INOSYSTEMS

279 INRESA SAS

280 INSPIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS FRANCE SAS

281 INSTITUT GEORGES LOPEZ – IGL

282 INSULET FRANCE SAS

283 INT’AIR MEDICAL

284 INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES SERVICES

285 INTRASENSE

286 INTUITIVE SURGICAL SAS

287 IONISOS

288 IPERF

289 IPRAD PHARMA (LABORATOIRES)

290 IVASCULAR

291 JANTON

292 Japet

293 JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL SAS

294 JULIUS ZORN GMBH

295 JUVA PRODUCTION (LABORATOIRES)

296 KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPIE FRANCE

297 KERANOVA

298 KOELIS

299 KOMET FRANCE

300 KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS FRANCE

301 KRANUS HEALTH FRANCE

302 KREUSSLER PHARMA

303 KURAGE

304 L3 S

305 LABORATOIRES CARILENE

306 LABORATOIRES FIDIA

307 LABORATOIRES MAYOLY SPINDLER

308 LAMIRAU INGENIERIE

309 LAMIRAU TECHNOLOGIE

310 LANDANGER

311 LANSINOH LABORATORIES FRANCE SAS

312 LA SCIENCE

313 LATTICE MEDICAL

314 LCA SA

315 LDR MEDICAL

316 LDTAS KELIS MEDICAL

317 LEMAITRE VASCULAR SAS

318 LEMER PAX

319 LEROY BIOTECH

320 LIFE&MOBILITY

321 LIFESCAN FRANCE SAS

322 LILLY FRANCE

323 LIMFLOW SA

324 LINDE FRANCE S.A.

325 LIVANOVA

326 LOGIPREM-F

327 LOHMANN & RAUSCHER (LABORATOIRES)

328 LOHMANN & RAUSCHER MEDICAL PRODUCTS (RICHARD FRERES)

329 LÖWENSTEIN MEDICAL FRANCE SAS

330 LST DEFIBRILLATEURS

331 LTA MEDICAL

332 LUDOCARE

333 LUMEEN

334 LYV HEALTHCARE

335 MAAT PHARMA

336 MACO PRODUCTIONS SAS

337 MAG4HEALTH

338 MARQUAT GENIE BIOMEDICAL

339 MARQUE VERTE (LABORATOIRE)

340 MATECIR

341 MATERIALISE PARIS – OBL

342 MATERNAL NEWBORN HEALTH INNOVATIONS EUROPE S.A.S.

343 MAUNA KEA TECHNOLOGIES

344 MD Start

345 MEDACTA FRANCE

346 MEDARTIS SARL

347 MED-EL

348 MEDELA FRANCE

349 MEDENNIUM

350 MEDEX

351 MEDIAN TECHNOLOGIES

352 MEDICAL BIOMAT

353 MEDICAL INNOVATION DEVELOPPEMENT

354 MEDICREA INTERNATIONAL

355 MEDIFLUX

356 MEDI FRANCE

357 MEDIPREMA SAS

358 MEDISPORT

359 MEDITEST

360 MEDITOR SAS

361 MEDSELL

362 MEDTRONIC FRANCE

363 MEDTRUM FRANCE

364 MEDWIN FRANCE

365 MELIPHARM

366 MERCK SERONO SAS

367 MERIT MEDICAL FRANCE

368 METANOÏA SARL

369 METESA

370 MEYRA-NETTI

371 MHCOMM

372 MICHELIN ENGINEERED POLYMERS

373 MICHELIN INFLATABLE SOLUTIONS

374 MICROPORT CRM FRANCE SAS

375 MICROPORT SCIENTIFIC SAS

376 MICRO-TECH FRANCE

377 MICROVAL

378 MICROVENTION EUROPE

379 MIL’S

380 MINDRAY MEDICAL FRANCE

381 MIVI

382 MJK INSTRUMENTS

383 MN SANTE HOLDING

384 MODULEUS

385 MOON SURGICAL

386 MORIA SA

387 MOULIN ROYAL COSMETICS (LABORATOIRES)

388 MTD FRANCE

389 MULLER MEDICAL SAS

390 MYDIABBY HEALTHCARE

391 MYLIFE DIABETES CARE FRANCE SAS

392 MY MEDICAL ASSISTANT I AUDIOGRAM

393 NANOBIOTIX SA

394 NATUS MEDICAL SAS

395 NEO COSMETIQUE

396 NEO MEDICAL

397 NEPITA

398 NESTLE HEALTH SCIENCE FRANCE SAS

399 NEURINNOV

400 NEWCARD

401 NEWCLIP TECHNICS

402 NEW LIVE

403 NEXIS

404 NEXUS/FRANCE

405 NIDEK S.A.

406 NIPRO MEDICAL FRANCE

407 NOOANCE

408 NORAKER

409 NOUVEAL

410 NOVATEX MEDICAL

411 NOVOCURE FRANCE SAS

412 NOVO NORDISK FRANCE SAS

413 NP MEDICAL

414 NP PLASTIBELL

415 NUAKEA

416 NUTRICIA NUTRITION CLINIQUE

417 OCCLUTECH FRANCE SARL

418 OLVA MEDICAL

419 OLYMPUS FRANCE

420 ONE ORTHO MEDICAL

421 OPHTALMIC COMPAGNIE

422 OPTIMED

423 OPTIMHAL PROTECSOM (LABORATOIRE)

424 ORDOCLIK’

425 ORIXHA

426 ORTHOMEDICA

427 ORTHONOV

428 OST – DEVELOPPEMENT

429 OSTEO FRANCE ORTHO

430 OSTEOMED FRANCE

431 OTICON MEDICAL – NEURELEC SA

432 OTR3

433 OTTO BOCK FRANCE

434 OVESCO ENDOSCOPY FRANCE

435 OWEN MUMFORD FRANCE

436 PAIRE

437 PAJUNK SYSTEME MEDICAL

438 PALEX FRANCE

439 PANTHERA DENTAL EUROPE SAS

440 PARI FRANCE

441 PAUL HARTMANN

442 PEEKCELL

443 PEGMATISS BIOTECH

444 PENTAFERTE FRANCE

445 PENUMBRA FRANCE

446 PERMEDICA FRANCE

447 PERMOBIL

448 PEROUSE MEDICAL

449 PFM MÉDICAL FRANCE SAS

450 PHENOX GMBH

451 PHILIPS FRANCE

452 PHYSIDIA

453 PHYSIO-ASSIST SAS

454 PHYSIPRO

455 PIERRE FABRE MEDICAMENT

456 PIXACARE

457 PIXEE MEDICAL

458 Plasana Medical

459 PODOWELL

460 PONT-L’ABBE DISTRIBUTION

461 Poppins

462 POURET MEDICAL

463 PREDICT4HEALTH

464 PREDISURGE

465 PREVOR

466 PRIDE MOBILITY PRODUCTS

467 PRIMAX

468 PRINCE MEDICAL

469 PRODIMED

470 Proteor

471 PROTEOR DIVISION C. ET M. SAS

472 PROTHEOS INDUSTRIE

473 PROVEPHARM

474 PURESSENTIEL FRANCE

475 QUALIMEDIS IMAGERIE

476 QUANTEL MEDICAL

477 QUANTUM SURGICAL

478 QUIES

479 RAFFIN MEDICAL

480 RDS SAS

481 REALISATION THERAPEUTIQUE ELERTE (LABORATOIRES)

482 REBRAIN

483 REGEN LAB FRANCE

484 RESILIENCE

485 RESMED

486 REVITACARE

487 RICCOBONO TECHNOLOGY

488 RICHARD WOLF FRANCE

489 ROBOCATH SAS

490 ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS FRANCE

491 ROVIPHARM

492 RUPIANI

493 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS FRANCE

494 SANEVA

495 SANTEN SAS FRANCE

496 SBM

497 SCAN4ALL

498 SCHILLER MEDICAL SAS

499 SCHUCHMANN

500 SCIENCEMD

501 SEDATELEC

502 SEEHAPTIC

503 SEFAM

504 SEMEIA

505 SENSOME SAS

506 SEPTODONT

507 SERF

508 SGH MEDICAL PHARMA

509 SHADELINE FRANCE

510 SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL FRANCE

511 SIEMENS HEALTHCARE SAS

512 SIGVARIS

513 SIM&CURE

514 SIRTEX MEDICAL FRANCE SARL

515 SIVIEW

516 SLEEPINNOV TECHNOLOGY

517 SMAIO

518 SM EUROPE

519 SMITH ET NEPHEW SAS

520 SOCIETE FRANCAISE D’INSTRUMENTS DE CHIRURGIE

521 SOFIBEL

522 SOFT MEDICAL AESTHETICS (SOFTFIL)

523 SOINEO

524 SOLSIUS SAS

525 SOLUSCOPE

526 SOLVENTUM FRANCE SAS

527 SOMNOMED FRANCE

528 SONIO

529 SONOMIND

530 SONOVA FRANCE SAS

531 SOPHYSA

532 Sotelix

533 SOUNDUCT

534 SPENGLER GROUP

535 SPES FRANCE SARL

536 SPINEART SA

537 SPINEGUARD SA

538 SPINE INNOVATIONS SAS

539 SPINE VISION

540 SPINEWAY

541 STARKEY FRANCE

542 STEPHANIX

543 STERIGENICS SAS

544 STETO

545 STIMED

546 STIMULI TECHNOLOGY

547 STIPLASTICS

548 STRYKER FRANCE SA

549 SUBLIMED

550 SUBSTRATE HD (VOLTA MEDICAL)

551 SUNRISE (sleep devices)

552 SUNRISE MEDICAL (mobility aids)

553 SURGAR

554 SURGECARE

555 SURICOG

556 SYMATESE DEVICE

557 SYMATESE GROUP

558 SYMBIOS

559 SYNAPSE MEDICINE

560 SYSMEX FRANCE

561 SYST’AM

562 SYSTOL DYNAMICS

563 TAKEDA FRANCE SAS

564 TECHNOLOGIE MEDICALE

565 TEKNIMED

566 TELEFLEX MEDICAL SAS

567 TEOXANE

568 TERANGA SOFTWARE

569 TERUMO BCT EUROPE N.V.

570 TERUMO FRANCE SAS

571 TEVA SANTE

572 THALES AVS FRANCE SAS

573 THEA PHARMA

574 THEODO

575 THERACLION

576 THERADIAL

577 Therapixel

578 THERASONIC

579 THERAVIA

580 THERYQ

581 THT BIO-SCIENCE

582 THUASNE

583 TILAK HEALTHCARE

584 TISSIUM SA

585 TRB CHEMEDICA

586 TROPHY

587 UNITHER PHARMACEUTICALS

588 URGENCE SECOURS EQUIPEMENT

589 URGO HEALTHCARE (LABORATOIRES)

590 Urgo Medical

591 URGO SAS (LABORATOIRE)

592 UROMEMS

593 URSAPHARM (LABORATOIRES)

594 VANTIVE S.A.S.

595 VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS FRANCE

596 VASCULAR THERAPY

597 VASCUTEK FRANCE

598 VB SPINE FRANCE

599 VEINSOUND

600 VERMEIREN FRANCE

601 VESTALIS

602 VEXIM SA

603 VIATRIS SANTE

604 VIDAL FRANCE

605 VI FRANCE SAS

606 VILLARD

607 VIMS

608 VIPAMAT

609 VIVACY (LABORATOIRES)

610 VM HEALTH SAS

611 VOLUNTIS

612 VYGON

613 WANDERCRAFT

614 WELLSPECT

615 Winncare

616 WINNINVEST

617 Withings *

618 W.L. GORE & ASSOCIÉS SARL

619 WOMED SAS

620 WRIGHT FRANCE

621 WS AUDIOLOGY DIAGNOSTICS FRANCE

622 WS AUDIOLOGY FRANCE

623 YNNOV

624 YSLAB

625 ZIMMER BIOMET FRANCE

626 ZIMMER BIOMET ROBOTICS

627 ZOLL MÉDICAL FRANCE