🇫🇷 France · Investment
Foreign investment rules, incentives, investment promotion agencies, and restricted sectors.
France actively promotes inward investment through Business France, the national agency; certain investments in sensitive sectors are subject to foreign-investment screening (IEF) by the Ministry of the Economy.
- Business France offers free guidance to foreign investors setting up or expanding in France.
- Investments in defence, critical infrastructure or sensitive technologies may require prior authorization (IEF).
- France offers research and innovation incentives such as the Crédit d'Impôt Recherche (CIR).
Official authorities
- Business France
National agency for international investment and exports.
- Direction générale du Trésor
Administers the foreign-investment screening procedure (IEF).
Official-information aggregation, not legal advice. Always verify on the authority's own site.
Government portals
- Government of France — Office of the French Prime Minister — government policies, ministers, and key legislation
- France Public Services (Service-Public) — France's unified administrative services — residence permits, taxes, social security, civil records
- French General Tax Directorate (DGFiP) — French income tax, VAT, wealth tax filing; tax residency determination; French tax number (NIF) application