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Contracts and business

The Greffe Says Your New French Site Has No SIRET: How a Foreign Owner Registers an Établissement Secondaire

URSSAF, the bank or the greffe is asking for a SIRET that is not on the Kbis. A foreign owner has one month to register the établissement secondaire through INPI and to regularise DPAE, CFE …

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Your Foreign Parent Company Invoices Your French Subsidiary: When Reverse-Charge VAT Applies, When It Fails, and How to Fix Wrong Intercompany Invoices

Foreign parent invoicing a French subsidiary? When reverse-charge VAT applies, when a French establishment makes the parent liable for VAT, and how to fix rejected intercompany invoices befo …

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You Run Your French Company From Abroad: Which Social Security Applies? A1 Certificate, Detachment Rules and the URSSAF Reassessment Risk

A foreign director of a French company must know which country's social security applies: the French default rule, the A1 certificate, detachment under Regulation 883/2004, the Franco-Americ …

Contracts and business

The Bank Wants a Letter of Patronage From Your Foreign Parent: How to Draft It, Keep It From Becoming a Hidden Guarantee, and Contest a Call

A French bank that asks your foreign parent for a letter of patronage is not asking for a courtesy. Under article 2322 of the Civil Code the letter is a personal security. The wording decide …

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INPI or the Greffe Blocked Your French Company File: Which Foreign Documents Need a Sworn Translation and How to Unblock It

INPI or the greffe refused the English pack. Which foreign parent documents need a sworn translation, who may stamp it, and how to rebuild or contest the filing.

Contracts and business

The Bank or the Landlord Wants Your Personal Guarantee: How a Foreign Director Limits, Contests or Releases a Cautionnement

A French bank or landlord wants you to sign as caution. How a foreign director of a SAS or SARL caps the deed, contests disproportion after 2022, and gets released after leaving.

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Your French Company Received the Wrong APE/NAF Code: How a Foreign Founder Gets INSEE to Correct It and Why the Collective Agreement Does Not Follow the Code

If INSEE coded your French SAS or SARL with the wrong APE/NAF, do not treat it as a licence or as the collective agreement. Here is how a foreign founder corrects an anomaly, when the objet …

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Your French Company’s Accounts Must Be Approved Within Six Months: How a Foreign Owner Votes From Abroad

Six-month deadline, fifteen-day notice, blocked dividends: how foreign owners of SARL, SAS and SA approve French annual accounts remotely by written consultation, postal vote or video meetin …

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Your French Subsidiary Needs Cash From Abroad: How a Foreign Parent Lends, Charges Interest and Gets Repaid

How a foreign parent funds its French subsidiary from abroad: intra-group loan rules, regulated agreements, deductible interest caps, repayment rights and withholding tax on the interest.

Contracts and business

Your French Landlord Refuses to Renew Your Shop or Office Lease: Notice, Eviction Money, and How a Foreign Tenant Fights Back

Your French landlord served a refusal to renew your commercial lease. How to check the notice, choose among accepting, negotiating or suing within two years, and value the eviction compensat …

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Your French Customer Has Not Paid Your Invoice: Injonction de Payer, Penalty Interest and Fast Recovery From Abroad

Foreign supplier? Recover an unpaid French invoice via injonction de payer, ECB-plus-10 penalties, 40-euro fee and fast provision, served in 3 months.

Contracts and business

Your Foreign Company Wants a French Branch Without Creating a Subsidiary: Registering the Succursale, Appointing the Manager and Surviving French Tax

Registering a French branch (succursale) from abroad: the greffe file, the manager in France, the single window, French tax on branch profits and why the foreign parent stays liable.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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