Agence Régionale de Développement Paris Île-de-France

Americans, Germans, English, Japanese… over 100 different nationalities are represented in the Paris Region. It’s hardly surprising though, when you realize that the region leads the rest of France in the league table of international inward investment, as well as being the world’s favorite tourist destination. Every issue of Paris Region Magazine brings you the essential contacts for one of our expatriate communities.

The 4 key step to locating in the Paris Region with the support of the Paris Region Economic Development Agency: succeeding in your preparations - building your teams - cutting through the red tape - finding the right partners.

Which country offers you up to half of your R&D costs completely free? France, of course! France offers the best Research Tax Credit incentives anywhere in Europe, which is why it attracts so many international R&D centers.

You’ve set up your business in the Paris Region, an area with a huge pool of potential employees at all levels and in all specialties. But how do you get to meet the right candidates?

The Paris Region economic development web site has just been redesigned to improve the way it looks, help you relocate more easily to the Paris Region and help you find the information you need faster and easier.

The French authorities are committed to reducing the burden imposed on companies and households by compulsory contributions such as taxes, duties and social security charges. The result is that, for the first time ever, France is one of the three leading countries committed to tax reductions, having moved up from tenth in 2004 to second last year, behind Ireland and ahead of the UK.

In 2002, the French government introduced a policy designed to attract capital investment and companies to France. This policy is built on a series of financial and tax incentives, backed-up by measures to simplify administrative procedures.