| Appropriate
CFE (Center for Administrative Formalities for Companies): |
|
 non-trading
companies
sociétés
d’exercice libéral (liberal professions)
EPIC
(publicly-owned French establishments with an
industrial or commercial activity)
associations
governed by the 1901 law (when they issue bonds, and have been
active for at least 2 years) |
Greffe du Tribunal de
Commerce (Registrar of the Commercial Court) - CFE :
Acting as a CFE, the Greffe
can send your company's obligatory administrative forms to the
appropriate legal and official organizations: URSSAF (Social Security),
INSEE (French office of statistics), Centre des impôts (tax centre),
Caisses d’assurance maladie et de retraites (health, insurance and
pension funds, etc.).
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entrepreneurs
businesses
not included in the Chambre des
Métiers (Guild chamber)
GIE
(economic interest grouping) and GEIE (European economic interest grouping) |
Chamber of Commerce
and Industry of Paris (CCIP) - CFE :
As a CFE, the Chamber of
Commerce can send the required administrative forms for companies and
sole-traders to: URSSAF (Social Security office), INSEE (French office of
statistics), Centre des impôts (tax centre), Caisses d’assurance
maladie et de retraites (health, insurance and pension funds, etc.). The
registration is then sent to the Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce which
verifies and validates it.
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craftsmen (artisans and commercial companies) |
The
Chambre des Métiers (Guild chamber)
- CFE:
Craftsmen who also have a commercial
activity: The registration file is then sent to the Greffe du Tribunal de
Commerce who verifies and validates it. |
individuals or companies
with an agricultural activity |
The
Chamber of Agriculture -
CFE:
Individuals or groups with
agricultural activities (except fisheries and forestry activities) should
register with the Chamber of Agriculture. The head office of the
exploitation should register with the local Chamber of Agriculture
concerned. The registration file is then sent on to the Greffe du Tribunal
de Commerce for validation.
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companies for artisanal
shipping |
The
Chambre Nationale de la Batellerie Artisanale
(National Chamber for Artisanal Shipping) - CFE:
Individual companies, EURL
(company owned by a sole proprietor), SARL (limited liability
companies) and sociétés coopératives (cooperative
companies), with less than 6 salaried workers, should register with the
Chambre nationale de la batellerie artisanale.
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The company's founder should choose the legal form for the company prior to
selecting a CFE from the following list: