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.
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.
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.
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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Speak with an advisor on Place des Entreprises- Law No. 55-4 of 4 January 1955 concerning legal and judicial announcements
- Trade Code: Item R210-3Inserting a business Incorporation Notice into a SHAL
- Decree No. 2012-1547 of 28 December 2012 on the insertion of legal announcements concerning businesses and commercial funds in a central digital database
- Order of 19 November 2021 on the tariffs and modalities for the publication of judicial and legal announcements
- Order of 27 December 2022 amending the order of 19 November 2021 relating to the pricing and publication of judicial and legal announcements
- Search for media authorised to publish legal ads by department
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- Company Legal Advertising Portal (PPLE)
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