Government, Legal, Administration

See also government sites for business in the business section.

Unemployment, retirement, diploma recognition: see the job page.

Tax: see the tax page.

Justice tax when filing a lawsuit: pay online.

Health care: see the health care page or the CMU/health care overview page.

Administrative regions: see the administrative regions page.

A problem with application of EU law? SOLVIT is an on-line problem solving network in which EU Member States work together to solve without legal proceedings problems caused by the misapplication of Internal Market law by public authorities.

Contest your speeding fines and recover your licence points for just 8 euros by using the site
direct-avocat.com which has been created by a specialist solicitor in contesting traffic fines. This is not a bogus site. It was mentioned in this article in Le Figaro on the 17 October 2008. The site delivers tailored documents to send to courts and other authorities. A similar site is www.goodbyepv.com.

Moving to another address? Inform several administrations in one go on Mon.Service-Public.

Open government, Access to administrative documents and personal information:
Documents: You have a right to get access to any administrative document in France, unless overriding reasons make this impossible. You cannot get access to sensitive documents, for example concerning national defense. You cannot get access to documents containing personal information about others. The exclusions that exist are fairly obvious and necessary. You are entitled to request delivery by post or electronic means. The authority may charge you the actual cost of photocopies, although they rarely bother. For further information, including information about how to complain if an authority refuses or doesn't reply (no reply after one month is considered a refusal) to a document access request, go to CADA's website.
Personal information: You are entitled to get access to personal information held about you by public or private entities. The details appear in Article 39 of law number 78-17.

Dictionary of legal terms in French by the French Ministry of Justice.
Visiting France: Immigration information from the government. In English. NOTE: This site appears to ignore the Schengen Agreement that provides for free movement of residents of the Schengen zone (see above), and as such I must conclude that visa information on this site is not entirely reliable.
France Diplomatie: Government site about Foreign Affairs.
EU Portal: Practical information and help for citizens. Provided free by the European Commission.
European laws database. Official site.
EU: e-Justice portal: Official site informing about the law and justice in all EU Member States.
Legifrance: French laws. Government site.
Circulaires: French circulars, in complement to Legifrance. Government site.
Journal Officiel: Official journal of France. Government site.
Admi.net: French laws and Official Journal.
Service public. A government portal that explains a wealth of procedures for dealing with the public administration. Links to other government sites. Mainly in French.
Vivre-au-quotidien. A private site with a wealth of information. In French.
Sos-net.eu.org. Practical legal and administrative information. In French.
Direction Générale da la Concurrence, Consommation et Répression des Fraudes. Government site for competition, consumption and suppression of fraud. Online form to ask for help with consumer problems.
Médiateur du Ministère de l'Économie, des Finances et de l'Industrie. Mediator for individuals and business in case of problems with any area under this ministry.
Sécurité sociale. A government portal that explains procedures for dealing with social security. Links to other government sites. In French.
Assurance Maladie. Official site. The French public medical insurance system.
CAF (Caisse d'Allocations Familiales): Social security family benefits. Official site.
RSA - revenu de solidarité active. Income support. Government site.
URSSAF. URSSAF collects social security contributions from employers, be it individuals, self-employed or companies. Official site.
CNAV. General pension fund.
Ministry of the Interiour.
GroupeRF. Legal portal for business & individuals.
French tax information. Government site. Calculate your tax. Ask questions.
French tax for UK cross-border workers. Expat Telegraph article by Finn Skovgaard.
Conseil Régional d'Ile-de-France. Council of the greater Paris area. Official site.
Ministry of Justice.
Ministry of Justice: information about and directory of regional justice
Ministry of Justice: general information to the public about justice
Barreau de Paris. The Paris Bar.
Frenchattorney.com. English-speaking French lawyer with practice in the USA and France.
Huissiers. Corresponds partially to bailiffs.