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French law in practice

Practical guides to French property and business law for readers dealing with French notaries, landlords, companies or courts from abroad, and analysis of current legal news.

Written by Maître Reda Kohen, member of the Paris Bar. About Maître Reda Kohen

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Company law

You Must Replace the President of Your French SAS While You Live Abroad: Dismiss, Appoint, File and Get a New Kbis

Replace your French SAS president from abroad: dismissal rules, one-month filing, new Kbis, bank and URSSAF updates.

News

British Traveller, Delayed or Cancelled Flight Between France and the UK After Brexit: EU261 or UK261 Compensation, How to Claim and How to Challenge a Refusal

Since Brexit, a flight leaving France falls under the EU compensation scale in euros while a flight leaving Britain falls under the UK version in pounds. This guide explains which scheme cov …

Contracts and business

You Just Received Your First French CFE Bill While Living Abroad: First-Year Exemption, Minimum Base and How to Pay or Contest It

First CFE bill on your French company while you live abroad? Creation-year exemption, halved base, minimum contribution, 15 December deadline and how to challenge the assessment.

Tax and estate

British Pension in France After Brexit: Who Taxes Your State, Workplace and Private Pensions, QROPS Lump Sums and How to Challenge the Bill

British and retired in France? Your State, workplace and personal pensions are normally taxed only in France under Article 18 of the 2008 treaty — except former government-service pensions. …

Contracts and business

Your French VAT Number Is Still Inactive While You Invoice From Abroad: Activate VIES, Charge, Deduct and Fix Penalties

Your French company invoices but its VAT number fails on VIES: attribution by the SIE, activation checks, invoicing and deduction rules, import self-assessment, and how to fix late filings f …

News
News

Your British Child Starting School in France After Brexit: Enrolment, the Right to a Place, Canteen Rights and How to Challenge a Refusal

British family newly settled in France: how to enrol your child at the mairie with three documents, secure a canteen place, and challenge any refusal.

Insolvency

How foreign directors must declare cessation des paiements within 45 days or face personal liability in France

Foreign director of a French company that cannot pay? French law gives you 45 days from cessation des paiements to file at the commercial court. Miss it and courts can make you pay company d …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

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 …

News

British Employee in France After Brexit: Your French Contract, Challenging Your Dismissal and Winning Severance Before the Prud’hommes

Hired in France after Brexit? A British employee's guide to the French contract, payslips and probation, then to lawful dismissal, statutory severance and the 12-month prud'hommes challenge.

Company law

You Were Just Appointed President of Your French SAS While Living Abroad: Social Status, URSSAF Bills, Health Cover and Pay

Appointed president of your French SAS from abroad? Your social status, URSSAF bills, health cover and how to challenge a reassessment.

News

British in France After Brexit: Bank Closed Your Account or Refused to Open One — the Two-Month Notice, the Right to an Account and How to Challenge It

Your French bank closed your account or refused to open one? The two-month notice rule, the statutory right to an account and how British residents can challenge it.

Contracts and business
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 …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

Partner, member of the Paris Bar, 11 rue Margueritte, 75017 Paris. Author of the analyses published in this journal. About