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 main stages of a business' life: creation, modification or cessation of activity. It must be inserted in a medium authorized to receive legal announcements (SHAL): it is either a legal announcements journal (JAL) or an online press service (SPEL).
All businesss (SARL, SA, SAS, etc.) must insert in a legal announcements medium (Shal: titleContent) at the time of their establishment and at the time of termination of their activity.
They must also publish a legal advertisement in case of a change in the business: this is the case during a change of leader, a change of business purpose, a transfer of registered office, a capital increase, etc.
Individual business On the other hand, craftsmen and traders who operate asIS: titleContent, EIRL: titleContent, micro-entrepreneurs) and GIE: titleContent are not affected by this obligation.
You must request a publication from a Legal Announcement Log (JAL) or a online press service (SPEL) authorized in the department where the head office of the business is located.
You can find the list of media entitled to receive legal announcements (SHAL) using an interactive map:
Search for media eligible to publish legal listings by department
Your publication request must include the following information:
- Name of the business
- Business acronym
- Shape of the business
- Amount of share capital
- Address of registered office
- Social purpose
- Duration of business
- Name(s) of officer(s)
- Indication of the register in which the business will be registered
FYI
Advertisements published in online media (SPEL) remain displayed for at least 7 days from their publication on the home page of the site.
After the legal announcement has been issued, the Shal: titleContent provide the business with a certificate of publication.
All advertisements published in the authorized media (SHAL) can be consulted in a central digital database: the company Legal Advertising Portal (PPLE).
There are 2 types of pricing for legal listings:
- or the flat-rate for announcements of formation, dissolution and closure of liquidation
- or depending on the number of characters in the other cases
Package price
The price of a legal listing is set at package (i.e. fixed amount) in the following cases:
- Establishment of a business
- Act of appointment of liquidators and notice of closure of the liquidation of civil and commercial businesses in the context of a dissolving
- Judgment opening or closing a collective proceedings (safeguard, recovery and winding-up proceedings)
The price depends on the legal form of the business and the department in which the ad is published.
Department | Anonymous business (SA) | Simplified share business (SAS) | Single person simplified share business (SASU) | Business in a general name (CNS) | Limited Liability business (LLC) | single-member company with limited liability (EURL) | Civil business (except ICS) | Civil Real Estate business (SCI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 Corrèze 2A Corsica-du-Sud 2B Upper Corsica 21 Côte-d'Or 22 Côtes-d'Armor 23 Hollow 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-et-Loire 39 Jura 40 Moors 41 Loir-et-Cher 42 Loire 43 Haute-Loire 44 Loire-Atlantique 45 Loiret 46 Lot 47 Lot and Garonne 48 Lozère 49 Maine-et-Loire 50 Sleeve 51 Marne 52 Haute-Marne 53 Mayenne 54 Meurthe-et-Moselle 55 Meuse 56 Morbihan 57 Moselle. 58 Nièvre. 61 Orne. 63 Puy-de-Dôme. 64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques 65 Hautes-Pyrénées 66 Pyrénées-Orientales 67 Bas-Rhin 68 Haut-Rhin 70 Haute-Saône 71 Saône-et-Loire 72 Sarthe 73 Savoie 74 Haute-Savoie 79 Deux-Sèvres 81 Tarn 82 Tarn and Garonne 83 Var 84 Vaucluse 85 Vendée 86 Vienna 87 Haute-Vienne 88 Vosges 90 Belfort Territory | €387 | €193 | €138 | €214 | €144 | €121 | €216 | €185 |
02 Aisne 07 Ardèche 08 Ardennes 26 Drôme 27 Eure 38 Isère 59 North 60 Oise 62 Pas de Calais 69 Rhône 75 Paris 76 Seine-Maritime 77 Seine et 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 Guadeloupe 972 Martinique 973 Guyana 977 Saint-Barthélemy 978 Saint-Martin 986 Wallis and Futuna | €379 | €189 | €135 | €210 | €141 | €118 | €211 | €181 |
974 La Réunion 976 Mayotte | €453 | €226 | €162 | €252 | €168 | €143 | €255 | €217 |
For single limited partnership (SCS) businesses and share limited partnership (SCA) businesses, the tariff is not flat-rate.
Department | Formation of joint farming groups | Mutual winding-up | Judgment opening of collective proceedings | Judgment closing a collective proceedings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 Corrèze 2A Corsica-du-Sud 2B Upper Corsica 21 Côte-d'Or 22 Côtes-d'Armor 23 Hollow 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-et-Loire 39 Jura 40 Moors 41 Loir-et-Cher 42 Loire 43 Haute-Loire 44 Loire-Atlantique 45 Loiret 46 Lot 47 Lot and Garonne 48 Lozère 49 Maine-et-Loire 50 Sleeve 51 Marne 52 Haute-Marne 53 Mayenne 54 Meurthe-et-Moselle 55 Meuse 56 Morbihan 57 Moselle. 58 Nièvre. 61 Orne. 63 Puy-de-Dôme. 64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques 65 Hautes-Pyrénées 66 Pyrénées-Orientales 67 Bas-Rhin 68 Haut-Rhin 70 Haute-Saône 71 Saône-et-Loire 72 Sarthe 73 Savoie 74 Haute-Savoie 79 Deux-Sèvres 81 Tarn 82 Tarn and Garonne 83 Var 84 Vaucluse 85 Vendée 86 Vienna 87 Haute-Vienne 88 Vosges 90 Belfort Territory | €149 | €108 | €64 | €35 |
02 Aisne 07 Ardèche 08 Ardennes 26 Drôme 27 Eure 38 Isère 59 North 60 Oise 62 Pas de Calais 69 Rhône 75 Paris 76 Seine-Maritime 77 Seine et 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 Guadeloupe 972 Martinique 973 Guyana 977 Saint-Barthélemy 978 Saint-Martin 986 Wallis and Futuna | €146 | €106 | €63 | €34 |
974 La Réunion 976 Mayotte | €175 | €125 | €75 | €41 |
Price per character
Where a flat rate is not provided for, the price of the legal advertisement depends on its length.
This is the case, for example, in the case of a change of registered office, an increase or reduction in capital, a change in the object 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 price of the character.
The price of the character 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 Eure 76 Seine-Maritime | €0.200 |
59 North 62 Pas de Calais 77 Seine et 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 Guadeloupe 972 Martinique 973 Guyana 977 Saint-Barthélemy 978 Saint-Martin 986 Wallis and Futuna | €0.179 |
974 La Réunion 976 Mayotte | €0.204 |
Other Departments | €0.183 |
- Law No. 55-4 of 4 January 1955 concerning judicial and legal announcements
- Commercial Code: Article R210-3Insertion of a notice of business formation in a LAH
- Decree No. 2012-1547 of 28 December 2012 on the insertion of legal announcements relating to businesses and goodwill in a central digital database
- Order of 19 November 2021 concerning the rates and methods of publication of judicial and legal announcements
- Order of 27 December 2022 amending the Order of 19 November 2021 relating to pricing and publication of judicial and legal announcements
- Search for media eligible to publish legal listings by department
Online service
- Legal company Advertising Portal (PLPP)
Online service
- Amendment of the statutes of the business
- Change the purpose of the business
- Changing a business’ headquarters
- Reducing the social capital of the business
- Increasing the share capital of the business
- Change the business leader
- Dissolution of a business
- Judicial Redress
- Involuntary closure of a company: judicial liquidation