Delivering to France from abroad in 2026: why subcontract the last mile

You are a foreign carrier, marketplace or shipper, and you regularly ship to France. Until 2026, your vans crossed the country with no constraint. With the tachograph and driving-time rules, that model ends. The question is no longer “how do I cross France”, but “who do I trust with the French leg of the trip”. The answer: a last-mile subcontractor, plugged into a border relay.

The problem: your van can no longer go all the way

As soon as an international trip exceeds ~9 h of driving, it no longer fits in a day. For a regular flow into France (e-commerce, express, industrial parts), this means slipping deadlines, drivers idled to respect rest, and rotation profitability collapsing.

Your options to keep delivering in France

• Open your own French subsidiary: heavy, slow, costly (vehicles, depots, hiring, compliance).
• Use two-driver crews: doubles staffing cost on every trip.
• Split with rest stops: adds at least one day of lead time.
• Subcontract the last mile to a local operator via a border relay: zero investment, deadlines met.

Why subcontracting via a border relay wins

Subcontracting to a French operator plugged into a border relay means outsourcing only the part that causes you trouble: French territory. You keep your drivers and vehicles on what they do best (the European leg), and you delegate French delivery to someone whose core business it is, with a national network.

• No investment (no subsidiary, no French fleet to build).
• No heavy IT integration on the carrier side.
• Your deadlines are met, your drivers go back to producing.
• Chain compliance secured by a freight forwarder.

How it works with Easy2go

Easy2go is a freight forwarder (Redspher group). You drop your parcels at the French border, we handle the cross-dock and last-mile delivery anywhere in France (7 depots, 300 km radius), on both import and export. The first handover can happen within a few days, with no complex contract and no change to your organisation.

In summary

• After July 2026, delivering to France from abroad requires a local arm.
• Building your own subsidiary is heavy; crews and splitting are costly or slow.
• Subcontracting the last mile via a border relay meets deadlines with no investment.
• Easy2go provides this turnkey French arm, on both import and export.