According to Tom's Hardware, the vote took place on October 30 and the amendment was added to the next budget bill despite opposition from the government and the finance committee's rapporteur. The amendment, introduced by socialist lawmaker Laurent Lhardit, sets a charge of €0.055 (about $0.06) for every gigabyte of content distributed to users in France.
Internet providers, including Orange and Free, would have to measure data volumes and identify the companies sending them, and the data would go quarterly to the tax administration under the supervision of telecoms regulator Arcep. The proposal includes a cap of 15% of a company's French revenue or 2% of its worldwide revenue, and also covers content delivery networks (CDNs). Its explanatory notes name Google, Meta, Netflix, Amazon and Akamai.
The proposal still has to pass further stages in parliament, and it is not known whether it will survive them in its current form.