France

Ease of Doing Business in

France

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for France. The first table lists the overall "Ease of Doing Business" rank (out of 185 economies) and the rankings by each topic. It also lists the economy's distance to frontier (DTF)** measure. The rest of the tables summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.

Economy Overview

Region OECD high income
Income Category High income
Population 65,436,552
GNI Per Capita (US$) 42,420
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
34 32 down -2

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
71.4 71.0 down 0.4
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 27 23 up -4
Dealing with Construction Permits 52 46 up -6
Getting Electricity 42 40 up -2
Registering Property 146 147 up 1
Getting Credit 53 52 up -1
Protecting Investors 82 79 up -3
Paying Taxes 53 53 No change
Trading Across Borders 27 25 up -2
Enforcing Contracts 8 8 No change
Resolving Insolvency 43 46 up 3

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Dealing with Construction Permits

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Shown below are the procedures, time, and costs to build a warehouse, including obtaining necessary licenses and permits, completing required notifications and inspections, and obtaining utility connections.

DB 2013 Rank 52 DB 2012 Rank 46 Change in Rank down-6
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 82.9 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 82.9 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator France OECD high income OECD

The total number of procedures required to build a warehouse. A procedure is any interaction of the company’s employees or managers with external parties.

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Procedures (number)
9 -- 14

The total number of days required to build a warehouse. The measure captures the median duration that local experts indicate is necessary to complete a procedure in practice.

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Time (days)
184 -- 143

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Only official costs are recorded.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
68.0 -- 78.7
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Obtain an urbanism certificate 60 days no charge
2 Obtain building permit 90 days EUR 17,024
* 3 Apply for water connection 1 day no charge
4 SEDIF visits the site to prepare a cost estimate (devis) for water connection 1 day no charge
* 5 File a declaration of the worksite opening 1 day no charge
6 Declare completion of construction 1 day no charge
7 Receive visit by building inspectors and obtain compliance certificate 1 day no charge
* 8 Obtain water connection 30 days EUR 4,000
* 9 Obtain telephone connection 21 days EUR 130
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.

** The distance to frontier (DTF) measure shows the distance of each economy to the "frontier," which represents the highest performance observed on each of the indicators across all economies included in Doing Business since each indicator was included in Doing Business. An economy’s distance to frontier is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest performance and 100 the frontier. Read more...

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