diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7926f66b3..441d6cf93 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1632,6 +1632,7 @@ The output looks like this:
 | .option("ebcdic_code_page", "cp280")  | EBCDIC 280  | Italy.                                                                                                      |
 | .option("ebcdic_code_page", "cp284")  | EBCDIC 284  | Spain and Latin America.                                                                                    |
 | .option("ebcdic_code_page", "cp285")  | EBCDIC 285  | United Kingdom.                                                                                             |
+| .option("ebcdic_code_page", "cp297")  | EBCDIC 297  | France.                                                                                                     |
 | .option("ebcdic_code_page", "cp300")  | EBCDIC 300  | Double-byte code page with Japanese and Latin characters.                                                   |
 | .option("ebcdic_code_page", "cp500")  | EBCDIC 500  | Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, International.                                                                |
 | .option("ebcdic_code_page", "cp838")  | EBCDIC 838  | Double-byte code page with Thai and Latin characters.                                                       |
diff --git a/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/parser/encoding/codepage/CodePage.scala b/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/parser/encoding/codepage/CodePage.scala
index 8b0649345..1015e367c 100644
--- a/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/parser/encoding/codepage/CodePage.scala
+++ b/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/parser/encoding/codepage/CodePage.scala
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ object CodePage extends Logging {
       case "cp280"           => new CodePage280
       case "cp284"           => new CodePage284
       case "cp285"           => new CodePage285
+      case "cp297"           => new CodePage297
       case "cp300"           => new CodePage300
       case "cp500"           => new CodePage500
       case "cp838"           => new CodePage838
diff --git a/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/parser/encoding/codepage/CodePage297.scala b/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/parser/encoding/codepage/CodePage297.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10f0bfbb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/parser/encoding/codepage/CodePage297.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 ABSA Group Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package za.co.absa.cobrix.cobol.parser.encoding.codepage
+
+/**
+  * EBCDIC code page 285 is used to represent characters of France.
+  */
+class CodePage297 extends SingleByteCodePage(CodePage297.ebcdicToAsciiMapping) {
+  override def codePageShortName: String = "cp297"
+}
+
+object CodePage297 {
+  val ebcdicToAsciiMapping: Array[Char] = {
+    import EbcdicNonPrintable._
+
+    /* This is the EBCDIC Code Page 297 to ASCII conversion table
+       from https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Character_Encodings/Code_Tables/EBCDIC/EBCDIC_297 */
+    val ebcdic2ascii: Array[Char] = {
+      // Non-printable characters map used: http://www.pacsys.com/asciitab.htm
+      Array[Char](
+        c00, c01, c02, c03, spc, c09, spc, del, spc, spc, spc, c0b, c0c, ccr, c0e, c0f, //   0 -  15
+        c10, c11, c12, c13, spc, nel, c08, spc, c18, c19, spc, spc, c1c, c1d, c1e, c1f, //  16 -  31
+        spc, spc, spc, spc, spc, clf, c17, c1b, spc, spc, spc, spc, spc, c05, c06, c07, //  32 -  47
+        spc, spc, c16, spc, spc, spc, spc, c04, spc, spc, spc, spc, c14, c15, spc, c1a, //  48 -  63
+        ' ', rsp, 'â', 'ä', '@', 'á', 'ã', 'å', bsh, 'ñ', '°', '.', '<', '(', '+', '!', //  64 -  79
+        '&', '{', 'ê', 'ë', '}', 'í', 'î', 'ï', 'ì', 'ß', '§', '$', '*', ')', ';', '^', //  80 -  95
+        '-', '/', 'Â', 'Ä', 'À', 'Á', 'Ã', 'Å', 'Ç', 'Ñ', 'ù', ',', '%', '_', '>', '?', //  96 - 111
+        'ø', 'É', 'Ê', 'Ë', 'È', 'Í', 'Î', 'Ï', 'Ì', 'µ', ':', '£', 'à', qts, '=', qtd, // 112 - 127
+        'Ø', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', '«', '»', 'ð', 'ý', 'þ', '±', // 128 - 143
+        '[', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 'ª', 'º', 'æ', '¸', 'Æ', '¤', // 144 - 159
+        '`', '¨', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z', '¡', '¿', 'Ð', 'Ý', 'Þ', '®', // 160 - 175
+        '¢', '#', '¥', '·', '©', ']', '¶', '¼', '½', '¾', '¬', '|', '¯', '~', '´', '×', // 176 - 191
+        'é', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', shy, 'ô', 'ö', 'ò', 'ó', 'õ', // 192 - 207
+        'è', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', '¹', 'û', 'ü', '¦', 'ú', 'ÿ', // 208 - 223
+        'ç', '÷', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z', '²', 'Ô', 'Ö', 'Ò', 'Ó', 'Õ', // 224 - 239
+        '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '³', 'Û', 'Ü', 'Ù', 'Ú', spc) // 240 - 255
+    }
+    ebcdic2ascii
+  }
+}
diff --git a/cobol-parser/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/parser/decoders/StringDecodersSpec.scala b/cobol-parser/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/parser/decoders/StringDecodersSpec.scala
index 1e83c0266..cd98d3ef5 100644
--- a/cobol-parser/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/parser/decoders/StringDecodersSpec.scala
+++ b/cobol-parser/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/parser/decoders/StringDecodersSpec.scala
@@ -196,6 +196,17 @@ class StringDecodersSpec extends AnyWordSpec {
         assert(actual == expected)
       }
 
+      "decode a CP297 string special characters" in {
+        val expected = " °$¨¢#¬¯ä£!üÜ^]ù§ß¢°Öéèæö¨åàÆØÅÄɤ "
+        val bytes = Array(0x40, 0x4A, 0x5B, 0xA1, 0xB0, 0xB1, 0xBA, 0xBC, 0x43, 0x7B, 0x4F, 0xDC, 0xFC, 0x5F, 0xB5, 0x6A, 0x5A, 0x59,
+          0xB0, 0x4A, 0xEC, 0xC0, 0xD0, 0x9C, 0xCC, 0xA1, 0x47, 0x7C, 0x9E, 0x80, 0x67, 0x63,
+          0x71, 0x9F, 0x40).map(_.toByte)
+
+        val actual = decodeEbcdicString(bytes, KeepAll, new CodePage297, improvedNullDetection = false)
+
+        assert(actual == expected)
+      }
+
       "decode a CP500 string special characters" in {
         val expected = "âäàáãåçñ[.<(+!&éêëèíîïìß]$*);^-/ÂÄÀÁÃÅÇѦ,%_>?øÉÊËÈÍÎÏÌ`:#@'=\"Øabcdefghi«»ðýþ±°jklmnopqrªºæ¸Æ¤µ~stuvwxyz¡¿ÐÝÞ®¢£¥·©§¶¼½¾¬|¯¨´×{ABCDEFGHI\u00ADôöòóõ}JKLMNOPQR¹ûüùúÿ\\÷STUVWXYZ²ÔÖÒÓÕ0123456789³ÛÜÙÚ"
         val bytes = Array(
diff --git a/cobol-parser/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/parser/encoding/codepage/CodePageSingleByteSpec.scala b/cobol-parser/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/parser/encoding/codepage/CodePageSingleByteSpec.scala
index f9f4490c3..e37cfb6ac 100644
--- a/cobol-parser/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/parser/encoding/codepage/CodePageSingleByteSpec.scala
+++ b/cobol-parser/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/parser/encoding/codepage/CodePageSingleByteSpec.scala
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ class CodePageSingleByteSpec extends AnyFunSuite {
     assert(codePage.codePageShortName == "cp285")
   }
 
+  test("Ensure codepage 'cp297' gives the associated CodePage") {
+    val codePage = CodePage.getCodePageByName("cp297")
+    assert(codePage.codePageShortName == "cp297")
+  }
+
   test("Ensure codepage 'cp300' gives the associated CodePage") {
     val codePage = CodePage.getCodePageByName("cp300")
     assert(codePage.codePageShortName == "cp300")