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Get up to 20% back on France purchases over €100. PABLO kiosks at CDG, Orly, Lyon. Fast digital validation, scan your barcode in minutes.
20% standard
12-15% back
€100.01
3 months to validate at departure
Clothing, accessories, cosmetics, leather goods, electronics, home décor, jewelry, watches. Items must be for personal use, unused, and exported within 3 months of purchase.
Services (hotels, restaurants, transport), consumables used in France, tobacco, alcohol opened on-site, second-hand items, and commercial quantities.
PABLO electronic kiosks at Charles de Gaulle, Orly, and Lyon Saint-Exupéry airports, plus Gare du Nord Eurostar terminal. Available 24/7 in most terminals; scan the barcode on your tax-free form before bag drop.
Avenue Montaigne and Rue Saint-Honoré luxury triangle, plus Champs-Élysées flagships and Le Bon Marché on the Left Bank
LyonPresqu'île district, Rue de la République shopping spine, and Part-Dieu mall near the TGV station
NiceAvenue Jean Médecin and Rue Paradis luxury boutiques, easy validation at Nice airport
CannesLa Croisette luxury boutiques and Rue d'Antibes mid-luxury Riviera flagships
StrasbourgRue des Grandes Arcades and Place Kléber, convenient for visitors crossing from Germany
Based on France's 12-15% typical net refund range after operator fees.
France's standard VAT rate (TVA) is 20%, applied to clothing, electronics, jewelry, cosmetics, and most tourist purchases. Reduced rates of 10%, 5.5%, and 2.1% apply to restaurant meals, food and books, and certain medicines respectively.
€100.01 per invoice from a single retailer on the same day. Multiple purchases at the same store on the same day can be combined onto one tax-free form to reach this minimum.
Find a PABLO self-service kiosk in your terminal before bag drop, scan the barcode on your tax-free form, and wait for the green validation screen. If your goods are in checked luggage, do this before checking in. After validation, refunds are issued by your operator (Global Blue, Planet, etc.) to card or cash.
Goods must leave the EU within 3 months of the purchase month, and the tax-free form must be validated at PABLO before you depart. After validation, the refund operator processes your refund, usually within a few weeks for card refunds.
Yes, cash refunds are available at operator counters in major airports after PABLO validation. Cash refunds typically incur higher handling fees than credit card refunds, so card refund usually nets you more.
You need the tax-free form (bordereau) issued by the retailer at purchase, your passport showing non-EU residency, the original receipt, and the unused goods available for inspection if customs requests them.
Only if the retailer issues a tax-free form and the goods are physically exported with you, typically by collecting them in-store. Items shipped abroad directly are usually sold ex-VAT and don't go through the tourist refund scheme.
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