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How do I post a legal ad?

Verified 02 January 2023 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister), Ministry of Justice

The publication of a legal advertisement is mandatory to inform the public about the major stages of a business' life: the creation, modification or cessation of activity. It must be inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements (SHAL): it is either a JAL or an online press service (SPEL).

All businesss (SARL, SA, SAS, etc.) must insert in a legal advertisement (Shal: titleContent) at the time of their creation and when they cease their activity.

They must also publish a legal advertisement if there is a change in the business: this is the case when change of leader, a change of social purpose, a transfer of head office, a capital increase, etc.

On the other hand, craftsmen and traders who work under individual business status (ISIS: titleContent, EIRL: titleContent, micro-entrepreneur) and GIE: titleContent are not affected by this obligation.

You must apply to a legal ad log (JAL) or online press service (SPEL) authorised in department where the head office of the business is located.

You can find the list of media authorised to receive legal announcements (SHALs) using an interactive map:

Search for media authorised to publish legal ads by department

Your release request should include the following information:

  • Social name of business
  • Business symbol
  • Business shape
  • Amount of share capital
  • Address of head office
  • Social object
  • Duration of business
  • Name of the manager(s)
  • Indication of the register to which the business will be registered

FYI  

Advertisements published in the online media (SPEL) remain displayed for at least 7 days from their publication on the homepage of the site.

After the legal announcement has been issued, Shal: titleContent provide the business with a certificate of publication.

All advertisements published in the authorised media (SHAL) are searchable in a central digital database: company Legal Advertising Portal (PPLE).

There are 2 types of legal ad pricing:

  • or to the fixed amount for the announcement of incorporation, dissolution and winding-up
  • or depending on the number of characters in other cases
Package Rate

The rate for a legal advertisement is set at package (i.e. a fixed amount) in the following cases:

  • Business Constitution
  • Act appointing liquidators and notice closing the liquidation of civil and commercial businesses in the framework of a dissolve
  • Judgement opening or closing a collective procedure (safeguarding, reorganisation and liquidation)

The price depends on the legal form of the business and the department in which the advertisement is published.

Tableau - 2023 flat rates excluding taxes of a legal advertisement

Department

Anonymous business

Simplified Share business (SAS)

Single-User Streamlined Share business (UAS)

Collective business (CNS)

Limited business (LLC)

Limited Liability Single company (EURL)

Civil business (except ICS)

Real Estate business (ICS)

01 Ain

03 Allier

04 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

05 Hautes-Alpes

06 Alpes-Maritimes

09 Ariège

10 Dawn

11 Aude

12 Aveyron

13 Bouches-du-Rhône

14 Calvados.

15 Cantal

16 Charente

17 Charente-Maritime

18 Dear

19 Correze

2A South Corsica

2B Upper Corsica

21 Côte-d'Or

22 Côtes-d'Armour

23 Dig

24 Dordogne

25 Doubs

29 Finistère

28 Eure-et-Loir

30 Gard

31 Haute-Garonne

32 Gers

33 Gironde

34 Hérault

35 Ille-et-Vilaine

36 Indre

37 Indre and Loire

39 Jura

40 Landes

41 Loir-et-Cher

42

43 Haute-Loire

44 Loire-Atlantique

45 Loiret

46 Lot

47 Lot-et-Garonne

48 Lozère

49 Maine and Loire

50 Channel

51 Marne

52 Haute-Marne

53 Mayenne

54 Meurthe and Moselle

55 Meuse

56 Morbihan

57 Moselle.

58 Nièvre.

61 Orne.

63 Puy-de-Dôme.

64 Pyrenees-Atlantiques

65 Hautes-Pyrénées

66 Pyrenees-Orientales

67 Bas-Rhin

68 Haut-Rhin

70 Haute-Saône

71 Saone and Loire

72 Sarthe

73 Savoy

74 Haute-Savoie

79 Two-Sèvres

81 Tarn

82 Tarn-et-Garonne

83 Var

84 Vaucluse

85 Vendée

86 Vienna

87 Haute-Vienne

88 Vosges

90 Territory of Belfort

€387

€193

€138

€214

€144

€121

€216

€185

02 Aisne

07 Ardèche

08 Ardennes

26 Drôme

27 Hours

38 Isère

59 North

60 Oise

62 Pas-de-Calais

69 Rhône

75 Paris

76 Seine-Maritime

77 Seine and Marne

78 Yvelines

80 Sum

89 Yonne

91 Essonne

92 Hauts-de-Seine

93 Seine-Saint-Denis

94 Val-de-Marne

95 Val-d'Oise

971 Guinea

972 Martinique

973 Guyana

977 Saint Barthélemy

978 Saint-Martin

986 Wallis and Futuna

€379

€189

€135

€210

€141

€118

€211

€181

974 The Meeting

976 Mayotte

€453

€226

€162

€252

€168

€143

€255

€217

For Common Sponsorship (SCS) and Share Sponsorship (SCA) businesses, the business is not a flat rate.

Tableau - 2023 flat rates excluding taxes of a legal advertisement

Department

Establishment of joint farming groups

Mutual settlement closing

Judgement opening a collective proceeding

Closing judgement of a collective proceeding

01 Ain

03 Allier

04 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

05 Hautes-Alpes

06 Alpes-Maritimes

09 Ariège

10 Dawn

11 Aude

12 Aveyron

13 Bouches-du-Rhône

14 Calvados.

15 Cantal

16 Charente

17 Charente-Maritime

18 Dear

19 Correze

2A South Corsica

2B Upper Corsica

21 Côte-d'Or

22 Côtes-d'Armour

23 Dig

24 Dordogne

25 Doubs

29 Finistère

28 Eure-et-Loir

30 Gard

31 Haute-Garonne

32 Gers

33 Gironde

34 Hérault

35 Ille-et-Vilaine

36 Indre

37 Indre and Loire

39 Jura

40 Landes

41 Loir-et-Cher

42

43 Haute-Loire

44 Loire-Atlantique

45 Loiret

46 Lot

47 Lot-et-Garonne

48 Lozère

49 Maine and Loire

50 Channel

51 Marne

52 Haute-Marne

53 Mayenne

54 Meurthe and Moselle

55 Meuse

56 Morbihan

57 Moselle.

58 Nièvre.

61 Orne.

63 Puy-de-Dôme.

64 Pyrenees-Atlantiques

65 Hautes-Pyrénées

66 Pyrenees-Orientales

67 Bas-Rhin

68 Haut-Rhin

70 Haute-Saône

71 Saone and Loire

72 Sarthe

73 Savoy

74 Haute-Savoie

79 Two-Sèvres

81 Tarn

82 Tarn-et-Garonne

83 Var

84 Vaucluse

85 Vendée

86 Vienna

87 Haute-Vienne

88 Vosges

90 Territory of Belfort

€149

€108

€64

€35

02 Aisne

07 Ardèche

08 Ardennes

26 Drôme

27 Hours

38 Isère

59 North

60 Oise

62 Pas-de-Calais

69 Rhône

75 Paris

76 Seine-Maritime

77 Seine and Marne

78 Yvelines

80 Sum

89 Yonne

91 Essonne

92 Hauts-de-Seine

93 Seine-Saint-Denis

94 Val-de-Marne

95 Val-d'Oise

971 Guinea

972 Martinique

973 Guyana

977 Saint Barthélemy

978 Saint-Martin

986 Wallis and Futuna

€146

€106

€63

€34

974 The Meeting

976 Mayotte

€175

€125

€75

€41

Character Rate

When a fixed price is not provided, the price of the legal advertisement depends on its length.

This is the case, for example, when a change of registered office, an increase or a reduction in capital, a change in the purpose of the company, etc.

The rate is then set according to the number of characters in the ad. Multiply the total number of characters in the ad, including spaces, by the character rate.

The character rate varies by department in which the seat of the business is located.

Tableau - 2023 rates excluding taxes of the character of a legal advertisement

Department

Rate

02 Aisne

07 Ardèche

08 Ardennes

26 Drôme

38 Isère

60 Oise

69 Rhône

80 Sum

89 Yonne

€0.189

27 Hours

76 Seine-Maritime

€0.200

59 North

62 Pas-de-Calais

77 Seine and Marne

78 Yvelines

91 Essonne

95 Val-d'Oise

€0.221

75 Paris

92 Hauts-de-Seine

93 Seine-Saint-Denis

94 Val-de-Marne

€0.232

971 Guinea

972 Martinique

973 Guyana

977 Saint Barthélemy

978 Saint-Martin

986 Wallis and Futuna

€0.179

974 The Meeting

976 Mayotte

€0.204

Other

€0.183

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