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DELAYED +0mo (May 2026): Assessed against latest official tender timetable: economie.gouv.fr (02/04/2026) states the merged AO9/AO10 procedure will designate the first winners "à horizon fin 2026-début 2027". Revenue support for the AO10 Golfe du Lion Centre lot cannot be secured before award; keeping revenue_secured at end-Q1 2027 remains consistent with this official schedule and no later revision found in the sources checked. --- France’s AO10 offshore wind tender includes a floating wind project of about 2 GW in the Golfe du Lion Centre zone, identified in government planning documents as a priority Mediterranean site with an indicative 2 GW capacity and floating technology. The State’s October 2024 decision and subsequent DGEC presentation in February 2025 set an objective to award (attribuer) this project under AO10 around autumn 2026, with commissioning targeted for 2035, and later communications in 2026 confirmed that AO10 would be merged with AO9 into a single 10 GW auction with winners, including the Golfe du Lion Centre project, to be designated between late 2026 and early 2027; this implies the project is expected to secure its long-term revenue support contract and concession by early 2027.