How to set-up a business in France?
France, and particularly its capital, Paris, is a well-known location, being the top touristic destination for many.
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"How to register a company in France in 2026 ?"
France, and particularly its capital, Paris, is a well-known location, being the top touristic destination for many.
The purpose of the Enterprise Formalities Centre is to accelerate, facilitate and simplify business formalities.
In order to create a company in France, the associates or shareholders have to put a certain amount of properties at the disposal of the enterprise in order to constitute the share capital.
This deposit of properties is known as contributions (apports in French) and they are three main types: cash contributions, in-kind contributions, and industry contributions.
French companies are identified by the administration and public bodies thanks to two numbers, the SIREN and the SIRET.
The Registry of Commerce and Companies is an organism that belongs to the Commercial Court and which is used to register companies.
A legal notice is an advertisement that mentions the creation of a company.
These legal notices must appear in a journal authorised to publish legal ads (known as JAL in France), and which must be distributed in the district of the head office of the company (it can be a local, regional, or national journal).
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