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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 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.

Tableau - Flat rates 2023 excluding taxes from a legal listing

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.

Tableau - Flat rates 2023 excluding taxes from a legal listing

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.

Tableau - 2023 prices 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 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