France to Stop Certifying Non-Quantum-Resistant Products

Crypto Insight Summary: France’s cybersecurity agency plans to block certification of products without quantum-resistant encryption starting in 2027, with full adoption targeted for 2030. France’s national cybersecurity agency ANSSI said Tuesday that it will stop certifying security products that lack quantum-resistant encryption, reflecting growing concern among governments about quantum threats to cryptography. ANSSI chief of staff Samih Souissi said at the France Quantum 2026 Summit that it would halt such certifications in 2027 and that businesses should buy only quantum-safe products by 2030, Reuters [reported](https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/france-stop-certifying-products-without-quantum-safe-encryption-2026-06-16/). “ANSSI has been telegraphing this move for years,” Marin Ivezic, the founder of consulting firm Applied Quantum, [said](https://postquantum.com/security-pqc/anssi-pqc-certification-2027/) in a post on LinkedIn. “What changed yesterday is that ANSSI’s chief of staff said it publicly at a major conference, in front of the French quantum ecosystem, with Reuters in the room. The guidance became a commitment.” ANSSI certification is a prerequisite for use across French government agencies and critical infrastructure operators. The move would force vendors to demonstrate post-quantum cryptography capability by 2027 or lose access to government contracts. “It’s not only a technical issue,” Souissi said. Under CNSA 2.0, all new national security system acquisitions are required to support the approved algorithms by Jan. Noncompliant systems must be phased out by the end of 2030, and by the end of 2031, all national security systems must use CNSA 2.0 algorithms. Crypto Insight Analysis: Direction: Bullish QRL / Neutral BTC Impact: Minor Impact Horizon: Long-term (1 quarter-1 year) Reasoning: France's quantum-resistant encryption mandate boosts demand for quantum-resistant solutions like QRL, but broader market impact is gradual.