Investment Incentives - An Overview

Investor considerations

Tax holidays are available for location in enterprise zones.
Tax concessions are also available.
Grants are available for both industrial and nonindustrial operations.
It is possible to obtain favourable loans for capital investment.
Some subsidised building is available.
Export financing or subsidised loans are available.
Two free-trade zones have been established.

Investment policy

Recognising the economic benefits arising from foreign investment, particularly with respect to the creation of employment, France actively encourages investment from both EU and non-EU nationals and enterprises.

French government policy is very favourable to foreign investment and actively solicits and aids foreign investment projects. The principal investment incentives take the form of subsidies or loans at preferential interest rates. Projects may be developed in co-operation with DATAR, the Regional Development Agency, which can provide important