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Setting up a company starts with choosing the address for its registered office.

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How to set up a company? Instructions for use
The advantages of direct debit

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Direct debit: everything you need to know
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Business start-ups for foreigners in France: it's possible!

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Setting up a business in France from abroad
It's not always easy to find a JAL or Journal d'Annonces Légales.

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How do I find a legal gazette?
The cost of the various formalities involved in setting up a company is not negligible.

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The cost of business start-up formalities
Definition: the SIREN number is a number assigned by INSEE, the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies.

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What is the SIREN number?
To set up an SCI, capital contributions are required.

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Capital contributions to set up an SCI
Drawing up a company's articles of association is an essential step in its creation.

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How much does it cost to draw up company articles of association?
A number of public bodies provide support for business start-ups.

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Public sector: who can help you set up your business?
The actual amount of legal fees to be paid when setting up a company or transferring its registered office is not always clear.

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What are the legal fees for setting up a company or transferring a registered office?
Discover the calendar of formalities for incorporating a company.

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Timetable for company incorporation formalities
The steps involved in setting up a franchise have a few special features.

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Creating a franchise: steps and particularities
The APE code, or Activité Principale Exercée, defines the main activity carried out by a company.

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APE code: what's it for?
Setting up a holding company requires certain formalities.

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How do you set up a holding company?
A shareholders' agreement is an extra-statutory legal instrument that specifies the content of a company's bylaws.

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What is a partnership agreement?
Legal notice: find out when and how to carry out these administrative formalities.

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Legal notices: when and how?
Setting up a business: managing your project is crucial to its success.

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Start-up project: 4 essential steps for optimal management
To formalize the creation of your auto-entreprise, you need to obtain and complete the CERFA!

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Auto-entrepreneur documents: obtaining and completing the CERFA
Choosing the right legal status is a question that all entrepreneurs face!

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How do you choose your legal status?
Entrepreneur: business start-ups sometimes need support, which is what the "Entrepreneur #Leader" scheme has been offering since 2018.

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Ile-de-France: Entrepreneur #Leader, the new business start-up support system
Freelance administration is a hybrid between salaried employment and entrepreneurship.

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Portage salarial: Definition and explanations
Setting up a business involves a number of different stages, and here are our tips for getting through them all.

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Our advice on setting up your own business
The choice of head office is crucial and must be taken seriously.

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How do you choose your head office?
In France, two types of status dominate the entrepreneurial market: TNS and assimilated salaried workers.

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TNS or salaried status for company managers: essential information
To create a business plan, you need to follow certain essential steps.

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How do I create a business plan?
Setting up a business: discover the essential steps.

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The essential stages in setting up a business
Obtaining a registered office, all the essential information you need to know

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How do I get a head office?
The capital contribution is an essential element in the creation of your company, and is required in order to obtain a certificate of deposit.

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The different types of capital contributions: cash, in-kind, industrial, etc.
Portage salarial allows you to develop an independent professional activity.

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Becoming self-employed: why choose freelance administration?
The incubator supports your project by providing accommodation, advice and financing.

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Start-ups: how to join an incubator?
The difference between SIRET and SIREN may not be obvious at first glance, but it's actually quite simple to grasp in theory.

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What's the difference between SIRET and SIREN?
Finalize the creation of your company by publication in the Journal d'Annonces Légales.

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How do I publish in the Journal d'Annonces Légales?