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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.

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Contracts and business

Your French Company Just Received Its First CFE Tax Bill While You Live Abroad: Pay by 15 December, Claim the Creation Exoneration and Contest From Abroad

First CFE bill for your French company while you live abroad: who pays, how the rental-value base and halved first-year base work, paying by 15 December from abroad, and claiming or contesti …

News

British Citizen Becoming French After Brexit: Naturalisation, Marriage Declaration, Dual Nationality and Challenging a Refusal

Naturalisation by decree after five years or declaration through marriage to a French spouse: residence, language and shared-life tests, dual nationality for Brits, and how to challenge a re …

Company law

Your French SAS President Quit While You Live Abroad: How to Appoint a Successor, File at the Greffe and Get a Clean Kbis

Your SAS president resigned and you live abroad? Appoint a successor under your statutes, publish within one month, file on the Guichet unique and unblock your Kbis.

Contracts and business

You Are About to Hire Your First Employee in France While Living Abroad: DPAE, Employment Contract, Trial Period and First Payroll Explained

First hire in France from abroad: DPAE before day one, written CDI clauses, lawful trial periods, pay slips, DSN and the true employer cost explained.

Tax and estate

British Family, French Home After Brexit: the Family SCI Explained — Tax, Succession and Challenging a Blocked Decision

Should your British family put its French home in an SCI? How the shares are taxed, how they pass to your children, and what to do when a co-owner or the tax office blocks you.

Banking, insurance and consumers

British in France After Brexit: Which UK Benefits You Keep, Which Stop, and What to Claim in France Instead

Pension Credit stops when you move permanently, the State Pension keeps its annual increase in France, and Winter Fuel disappears: a complete map of which UK benefits survive emigration and …

Contracts and business

You Missed the 6-Month Deadline to Approve Your French Company’s Accounts From Abroad: AGO Rules, Greffe Filing and How to Fix It

Six-month deadline passed and you run your French SAS or SARL from abroad? Approval rules, greffe filing and the cure against injunctions and daily penalties.

Property

Your Neighbour’s Airbnb in France: How Foreign Owners Can Stop Short-Term Rental Nuisance (2026)

Your neighbouring flat has become a full-time holiday rental. French law gives foreign owners and co-owners civil, co-ownership and town-hall remedies to stop the nuisance and get compensate …

News

British Travellers to France and the ETIAS Authorisation After Brexit: Scam Sites, Refusals and How to Challenge Them

ETIAS is on hold, yet 150-plus sites already sell it. What British travellers to France must know: the EUR 20 official channel, refunds after scam payments, and how to challenge an ETIAS or …

Contracts and business

Your Foreign Company Sells Into France: When You Need a French VAT Number, When the OSS Is Enough, and How to File From Abroad

Foreign company selling into France? Learn when a French VAT number is mandatory, when the EU One-Stop Shop suffices, and how to register, invoice and file from abroad.

News

Working in France After Brexit as a British Citizen: Work Authorisation, the Salarié Permit and Challenging a Refusal

British citizens need an employer-backed autorisation de travail before any salaried work in France, then a matching carte de séjour. This guide explains the application, the salarié and tra …

Contracts and business

How to Pay Yourself From Your French Company While Living Abroad: Salary, Dividends, Pay Slips and Social Security

SAS president or SARL manager, salary or dividends: the two legal channels for taking money out of your French company while living abroad, with pay slips, DSN, votes and treaty withholding …

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