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The French ministerial decision of 17 October 2024 ("Décision du 17 octobre 2024 consécutive au débat public « la mer en débat »") designates priority zones for the offshore wind second competitive bidding round (AO11), targeting operationality around 2040. For the AO11 floating tranche (~2.3 GW total) the second competition designates two zones in Article 3(III)(2°): Golfe de Gascogne Nord (GGN, ~1.2 GW, Sud-Atlantique façade) and Golfe du Lion Est (GLE, ~1.1 GW, Méditerranée façade). These zones are the floating-wind component of the ~6.3 GW AO11 round, which together with the fixed-bottom cohort (Roches-Douvres, Bretagne Nord-Est) supports France's PPE3 trajectory of 26 GW of offshore wind in service by 2040, of which around 6 GW is targeted as floating.