Since 2006, the VELCO2 project initiated by INERIS studied the geological storage of CO2 in unminable coal seams. Two coal basins have been identified for a possible storage in France: Lorraine basin and Arc basin in Provence. Coal samples originated from these basins were selected to perform CO2 and CH4 sorption experiments with a suspension magnetic balance at INERIS. Several conclusions may be made: (i) CO2 is twice more adsorbed than CH4, (ii) the moisture of coal is a parameter that negatively influences the adsorption capacity of gases, (iii) the sorption capacity of CO2 on coal decreases with increasing temperature, but the sorption kinetics is accelerated. Experiments have shown that the interaction between coal and CO2 is essential...