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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Getting Electricity

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The challenges required for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection for a newly constructed warehouse are shown below. Included are the number of steps, time, and cost.

DB 2013 Rank 42 DB 2012 Rank 40 Change in Rank down-2
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 77.9 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 77.9 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator France OECD high income OECD

The number of procedures to obtain a permanent electricity connection. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company employees or the company’s main electrician with external parties.

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Procedures (number)
5 -- 5

The number of days to obtain a permanent electricity connection. The measure captures the median duration that the electricity utility and experts indicate is necessary in practice, rather than required by law, to complete a procedure.

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Time (days)
79 -- 98

The cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Costs are recorded exclusive of value added tax.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
43.9 -- 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 The client applies for electricity connection and awaits estimate of connection fees from Electricité Réseau Distribution France (ERDF) 28 calendar days no charge
* 2 The client obtains external inspection by Electricité Réseau Distribution France (ERDF) 1 calendar day no charge
3 The client obtains external works by Electricité Réseau Distribution France (ERDF) 47 calendar days EUR 13,413.3
* 4 The client obtains inspection of internal installation and conformity certificate by CONSUEL 20 calendar days EUR 43.6
5 The client signs a supply contract and obtains meter installation and final connection by Electricité Réseau Distribution France (ERDF) 4 calendar days EUR 178.4
* 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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