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Buying Control of a French Company From Abroad: France’s Foreign-Investment Clearance (IEF), Sectors, Filing and Sanctions
Buying control of a French company, part of its business, or 25 percent of its votes (10 percent if listed) from abroad can require prior French government clearance. Sectors, filing steps …
Contracts and business
You Send Your Foreign Staff to Work in France: SIPSI Declaration, A1 Certificate and the Fines That Hit From Abroad
Posting workers to France requires a prior SIPSI declaration, a representative on French soil, genuine A1 certificates and French pay rules from day one. Miss them and fines strike per worke …
You Are Hiring Your First Employee in France While You Live Abroad: DPAE, Written Contract, Mutuelle and the Real Cost
Hiring your first employee in France from abroad: filing the DPAE, signing the contract, keeping the staff register, computing the real employer cost from the Smic, and the six-month penalty …
Your French Company Cannot Pay Its Tax Bill While You Run It From Abroad: Formal Notice, Bank Seizure, Payment Plan and How to Contest
Your French company cannot pay its tax bill and you live abroad: formal notice, bank seizure, payment plan and contest routes, step by step.
Your French Company Crossed the Audit Thresholds While You Live Abroad: Appoint the Statutory Auditor, File From Abroad and Avoid Nullity and Criminal Fines
Your French SAS or SARL crossed two of the three size thresholds while you run it from abroad. French law then requires a statutory auditor (commissaire aux comptes) for six years: here is w …
Contracts and business
British Shopper in France After a Supermarket Cyberattack: Loyalty-Card Data, CNIL Complaint and Compensation
A cyberattack hit French supermarket refrigeration on 12 October 2026. If loyalty-card data is affected, here is how British shoppers in France complain to the CNIL and claim compensation.
Your French Company Must Send E-Invoices Since September 2026 While You Run It From Abroad: Platforms, Factur-X, Mandatory Details and Fines
Since 1 September 2026 every French company must receive e-invoices via an approved platform; large firms must already issue them. Formats, mandatory details, penalties and fines for foreign …
France Supermarket Cold-Chain Cyberattack: Foreign Owners’ Guide to Commercial Leases, Rent and Insurance
Hundreds of French supermarket fridges were hacked on 12 October 2026. A practical English-language guide for foreign owners of leased retail premises: emergency steps, landlord duties, rent …
Contracts and business
Your French Company Owes You Money and You Live Abroad: Turn Your Shareholder Loan Into Shares Instead of Chasing Repayment
Foreign founder guide to converting your shareholder advance into French SAS or SARL shares by offsetting your claim: when conversion beats repayment and the certified procedure from abroad.
Contracts and business
You Missed the Filing Deadline for Your French Company’s Annual Accounts While Living Abroad: Fines, Court Orders and How to Fix It
Your French SAS or SARL never filed its annual accounts and you run it from abroad. Six-month approval and one-to-two-month filing deadlines, fifth-class fines, court injunctions at 80 to 10 …
Your French Company Is Moving While You Run It From Abroad: Transfer the Registered Office, Secure the Kbis and Survive the Greffe
Your French SAS or SARL is changing address while you live abroad. Who votes the transfer, where the new seat can sit, how to publish and file within one month, and why the old address keeps …
You Live Abroad and Want to Sell Your Shares in Your French Company: Approval, Transfer, Registration Duty and Tax
A foreign owner selling SAS or SARL shares must clear any approval clause in the bylaws, transfer title by book entry, register the deed within one month and check French tax on the gain — e …
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