France is a member of the European Union and adopts EU sanctions, so why does Castellum.AI have France as a separate data source? That is because France has its own sanctions lists controlled by its own Treasury department (France Tresor).
Most countries within the EU do not have autonomous sanctions lists. For example, Bulgaria, Germany and Italy do not have domestic sanctions lists, but they impose sanctions levied by the European Union and actively partake in the EU’s sanctions process.
Because France has its own autonomous sanctions list, it can add additional sanctions and does so actively, meaning that in some cases France has imposed more sanctions than the EU and the two lists are not the same.