Under Article IV of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement, the IMF holds bilateral discussions with members, usually every year. In the context ofthe 2014 Article IV consultation with France, the following documents have been releasedand are included in this package: The Staff Reportprepared by a staff team of the IMF for the Executive Board’s consideration on July 1, 2014, following discussions that ended on May 15, 2014, with the officials of France on economic developments and policies. Based on information available at the time of these discussions, the staff report was completed on June 17, 2014; An Informational Annexprepared by the IMF; A Press Releasesummarizing the views of the Executive Board as expressed during its July 1, 2014 consideration of the staff reportthat concluded the Article IV consultation with France; A Statement by the Executive Directorfor France