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- What is a Sole Trader?
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- Administrative office
- Lease management
- Commercial agent
- How to register a non-trading company
- Comparison of legal forms
- General information
- How to notify changes to the registration of non-trading company
- Types of legal entity
- What is a SARL?
- How to deregister a non-trading company
- What is a SNC?
- Alternative ways to operate as a business
- Non-trading companies
- What is a SCS?
- What is a SAM?
Regulated activities
- General information
- List of activities that are regulated and/or subject to authorisation
- Specific areas of activity
- How to obtain approval for an insurance business
- How to sell medicines on the Internet
- How to declare a tattooing, permanent make-up or piercing activity
- Approval and assignments and personnel for private security companies
- Tobacconist shops
Start-up services
- Start-up
- Licensed professionals
- Associations, Federations, Foundations
- Rental of lock-up garages/parking spaces, rental of unequipped premises for commercial, industrial or administrative use
- Subletting of a property that is not for residential use
- Joint ownership
- Professional Independent Artist
- Occasional artists
- Registration and statement of existence
- NIS Register
- How to obtain a Statistical Identification Number (NIS) from Monaco Statistics
- The Trade and Industry Register (RCI)
- CAMTI - CARTI
- How to establish an SARL
- How to register your company on the Trade and Industry Registry
- How to establish a Business as a Sole Trader
- How to declare a business to the Department of Tax Services
- How to establish an SAM
- How to establish an SCS
- How to establish an SNC
- How to establish a commercial agency
- How to establish an administrative office
- How to set up as a Professional Independent Artist
- How to register miscellaneous taxable activities with the Business Development Agency
Acquiring a domicile
- Domiciling a business activity or establishing a company's registered office
- Business centers
- Setting up a business in a Business Centre
- State-owned business premises
- Monaco Boost
- Domiciling an activity at home
- General information
- Business premises
- At home
- How to domicile an activity in a state-owned property
- How to domicile a business
- State-owned premises
- Business centres
- Business Incubator
Conducting business
Legal and accounting obligations
- Invoices - Obligatory notices
- How to declare details relating to the calculation of GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
- How to obtain an extract from the Trade and Industry Registry
- How to declare data - Greenhouse gas and atmospheric pollutant inventories
- How to submit a declaration to obtain a copy of information in the register of trusts
- How to open a bank account in Monaco
- How to contact the Department of Budget and Treasury if a bank refuses to open an account for you
- Procedure for freezing funds and economic resources
- Ministerial Decisions
- Statistics
- Painting firms
- National asset freezing and economic resources list
- Joinery companies
- Procedures for unlocking or using frozen funds and economic resources
- Trade register
- Dry cleaners
- Distributors of oil products and/or biofuels
- Invoices
- How to declare the five year renewal of registration on the RCI or on the special register of commercial agents
- Printers
- Managers of green spaces
- How to appeal against a freeze on funds and economic resources
- Register of beneficial owners and register of trusts
- Opening a bank account pursuant to the right to an account
- Healthcare facilities
- Fire safety firms
- Filing of accounts
- Déclaration émissions gaz à effet de serre
- Installers and maintainers of electrical equipment containing sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)
- How to declare a beneficial owner
- Car dealerships
- Asset freezing measures
- Public transport companies
- How to submit a declaration to obtain a copy of information in the register of beneficial owners
- Organisations or companies which dispose of or recycle waste
- Gas distribution companies
- How to consult the information held on the register of beneficial owners
- Companies engaged in import, sales and/or recovery of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) or perfluorinated compounds (PFCs)
- Distributors of oils, lubricants and clean-up additives
- Organisations or companies involved in wastewater treatment
- Operators of the Fontvieille Urban Heating and Cooling Plant
- Distributors of gas bottles
- Organisations involved in bitumen spreading
- Electricity distribution companies
Specific authorisations
- How to request a CITES permit
- Public events and establishments
- How to request permission for a worksite
- How to second an employee from France to Monaco
- How to second an employee from Italy to Monaco
- How to request permission to conduct business on a boat
- CITES formalities
- How to apply for or renew authorisation for music or musical performances
- Sales and clearances
- Retail sales
- One-off activities in the Principality
- How to apply for or renew authorisation for late closure
- Communications and media
- How to organise a clearance sale
- How to organise a public event
- How to request an authorisation for the installation and use of an SNG system
- How to request a permit for a temporary radio communication network
- How to request an authorisation to shoot in Monaco
- How to apply for approval to operate drones
Changes to business activities
- Lease management
- How to declare a beneficial owner
- NIS Register
- How to request an amendment or addition to the NIS Register
- Companies
- Sale or transfer of business goodwill
- How to amend or add registration details on the RCI for traders
- Businesses operating under owner's name
- Official documents
- Businesses
- Contractual pledge of goodwill
- How to amend or add registration details on the RCI for businesses
- How to request the registration of a business pledge
- How to apply for the relocation of a business or secondary establishment or for the opening of a secondary office or additional premises
- How to request authorisation for relocation of headquarters or opening of a secondary office or additional premises for companies
- Court-ordered business pledge
- How to appoint a director to a société anonyme in Monaco
- How to transfer shares
- How to request the registration of a court-ordered Business pledge
- Trade registry
- Change of legal form for a Société Anonyme Monégasque (SAM)
- How to request the registration of a business pledge over capital goods
Closing a business
- NIS Register
- How to remove a business from the NIS Register
- Trade register
- How to remove your sole proprietorship
- How to remove your business from the RCI
- Tax authorities
- How to declare the discontinuance of a business to the Department of Tax Services
- How to declare the closure or transfer of a tattooing, permanent make-up or piercing activity business
Electronic signatures and stamps
- Electronic signature and stamp certificates for business
- What is an electronic signature?
- How to obtain an electronic signature or stamp certificate for business
- What is an electronic stamp?
- What is the difference between an electronic signature and an electronic stamp?
- What is an electronic certificate?
- How to cancel an electronic signature or stamp certificate for business
- What are the two types of electronic certificate issued by the Business Development Agency?
- What is an electronic server stamp?
- How to renew an electronic signature or stamp certificate for business
- Who can use signature or stamp certificates?
- Registration authority for businesses
- Frequently asked questions about electronic signatures and stamps for business
- Who is the electronic certificate holder?
- What is an authorised representative?
- How do I activate my electronic signature or stamp certificate?
- What are the advantages for my company?
- How is the electronic signature used?
- Who issues electronic certificates?
- How do I obtain an electronic certificate enabling me to use an electronic signature or stamp?
- Is it possible to apply for a server stamp to sign multiple documents at once?
- Whom can I contact for more information?
- Which documents can I sign with my electronic signature?
- Can I use my electronic signature certificate issued by the Business Development Agency to sign personal documents?
- Can I apply for an electronic signature for an employee?
- Can one of my employees visit the Business Development Agency to collect an electronic signature certificate on my behalf or on behalf of other emp...
- What data is collected about the person who applies for the electronic signature or stamp certificate?
- Can I continue to sign business documents as before – by hand?
- What is the difference between the activation code, PIN and cancellation code?
- I’ve forgotten my PIN and/or I’ve used up all five identification attempts. What should I do now?
- Under what circumstances are certificates cancelled?
- How do I request the cancellation of a certificate?
- Can I give my PIN to my assistant?
- Why do electronic certificates have a validity period of three years?
- Is there a limit on the number of documents that can be signed per year?
- Can I lend my card (my electronic certificate) to an employee so that they can sign documents on my behalf?
- How do I get my PIN?
- What is the cancellation code used for?
- My card has been lost or stolen, what should I do?
- I am an authorised representative for certification. An employee who was an electronic certificate holder has left the company. What should I do?
- When and how do I renew my certificate?
Premises and works
Premises
- Collection of waste
- Recycling in the Principality
- Monaco Boost
- How to request an incentive payment for photovoltaic-type electricity-producing devices
- Technical Commission for Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
- Premises
- Business premises
- Putting up signs
- Business centers
- Refurbishment
- Technical commission
- Waste collection
Works
- Construction activities: health safety measures - Covid-19
- How to apply for authorization to build and/or demolish or for a preliminary agreement
- How to request permission for a worksite
- Guide to eco materials
- How to refer to the Commission for Compensation of Economic Loss
- Regulations
- Urban Planning Regulations
- How to apply for authorisation to carry out work on and under public roads and adjacent buildings
- Public works
- How to obtain the Principality of Monaco colour palette
- Permits
- How to apply for authorisation to access pipe galleries
- How to light up a building
- Charter for use of terraces
- Rénovations
- Accessibility of the built environment
- Rénover façades, clôtures et volets
Energy
- International conventions
- Energy, greenhouse gas emissions, buildings
- Transition énergétique
- Energy Transition in Monaco
- Réglementation
- How to request an incentive payment for photovoltaic-type electricity-producing devices
- How to apply for a window renovation subsidy
- How to apply for a roof insulation subsidy
- Measures to promote ecological vehicles
Security
Food safety
- Regulations
- Food safety
- Hygiene for food of animal origin
- Food hygiene
- Feed and food controls
- Controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption
- Information on good hygiene practice
- Approvals
- How to get a license for the manager of a catering establishment
- How to get an approval for food or feed retailing
Digital security
- Receiving an email
- Recommendations for setting passwords
- Travelling with your telephone, tablet or laptop
- Security recommendations for smartphones and tablets
- Habilitation
- How to request clearance for access to classified information
- Cybercrime: prevention and recommendation
- What can you do to avoid being a victim of phishing?
- What should you do if you have been a victim of phishing?
- What can you do to avoid ransomware attacks?
- What should you do if you have been a victim of a ransomware attack?
- What can you do to avoid tech support scams?
- What should you do if you are a victim of a tech support scam?
- What can you do to avoid being the victim of a fake advertisement?
- What can you do if you are a victim of a fake advertisement?
- What can you do to avoid being a victim of sextortion?
- What should you do if you are a victim of sextortion?
- What can you do to protect children from cyberbullying?
- What should you do if a child has experienced cyberbullying?
- What can you do to avoid being a victim of phishing?
- What can you do to avoid ransomware attacks?
- What can you do to avoid tech support scams?
- Combatting cybercrime in the Principality
- What should you do if you have been a victim of phishing?
- What should you do if you have been a victim of a ransomware attack?
- What should you do if you are a victim of a tech support scam?
- Information system security policy
- Technical notes
- Best practices for protecting yourself from cybercrime
- Passwords
- What to do if you are the victim of a cyberattack?
- Security accreditation
- Habilitation
- Security on social media
- Practical guides
- Risks of managed services
- Mobile device security
- Reacting to a cyber attack
- Basic advice
- Backups
- Updates
- Security when mixing personal and business use
- Security for children
Employment and social affairs
Employment regulations
- Maternity leave
- Paid annual leave
- Compassionate and special leave
- Paternity leave
- Statutory working hours
- Statutory number of working hours for young people under 18
- Wages in the Principality
- The Labour Inspectorate
- How to submit a case to the employment tribunal
- How to report an accident at work
- How to declare an occupational disease
- The Office of Occupational Medicine
- Introduction of Total Temporary Layoff
- How to request reimbursement of 50% of salary for first 4 weeks of suspension or severance pay
- Booking an appointment with the Labour Inspectorate Service
- Teleworking
- How to declare Total Temporary Layoff
- How to implement teleworking in your business
- Paid leave accrued under the Total Temporary Layoff
- How to apply for reimbursement of paid leave accrued during Total Temporary Layoff
- General information
- COVID19
- Public Holidays
- Regulations
- Companies’ internal regulations
- How to apply for an exemption from the principle of Sunday rest
- COVID19 - Implementation of teleworking
- How to declare home working
- Working hours
- Collective agreements
- Exemption from employment regulations
- How to apply for an exemption to statutory working hours
- Employment tribunal
- Leave
- Wages in the Principality
- How to apply for an exemption from statutory public holidays
- Teleworking
- How to apply for an exemption to night work for female employees
- Health and safety
- How to apply for an exemption to the daily rest period granted to female employees
Intellectual property
Tax
VAT
- Statements
- Refunds
- How to request a refund of a deductible VAT credit which cannot be offset
- How to request a refund of VAT credit by a taxpayer not established in Monaco or France
- VAT
- How to apply for a refund of VAT paid in an EU Member State
- How to declare and pay VAT
- How to register for e-RMB-UE
- How to register for e-VAT
- VAT on property transactions
- Reverse charging of VAT on subcontracted projects in the construction and public works sector
- How to declare taxes on precious metals
- How to request an intra-community VAT number
- How to make an EC Sales List
- How to register for e-DES service
- Trade of goods declaration between Monaco and the EU
- How to declare the exchange of goods between Monaco and EU
- How to get an acquisition certificate for a means of transport coming from the EEC
- How to declare the rental of premises for non-residential purposes
- Invoices - Obligatory notices
- How to process tax refunds if you are a trader
Other taxes and duties
- How to pay taxes on non-alcoholic beverages
- Excise duty
- How to make a country-by-country declaration or a reporting Entity declaration
- How to make a declaration under the automatic exchange of information
- Corporate income tax
- How to declare tax on insurance contracts
- Taxes on profits
- How to declare and pay corporate income tax
- Registration duties
- How to declare savings income in the form of interest payments
- How to declare payments
- Stamp Duty
- Excise duties
- How to declare payment on securities income and portfolio capital
- How to declare the change or lack of change of beneficial owner
- Indirect taxes
- Registration fees and stamp duties
- Taxation of savings
- Fiscalité internationale
Transport
Access, traffic and parking
- Monaco Railway Station
- Monaco’s heliport
- Ports of Monaco
- How to get about on foot in the Principality
- Access map for people with reduced mobility
- Access to Monaco
- COVID19
- Safety in the tunnels
- Access
- How to apply for tax stickers for foreign companies operating private hire vehicles with driver and luxury chauffeured vehicles
- How to get a pay and display parking disc
- Traffic
- How to make a pre-operation declaration for foreign private hire vehicles with driver and foreign luxury chauffeured vehicles
- How to reclaim a vehicle that has been impounded
- How to request a special authorisation to use weight restricted roads
- Regulation of touring coaches
- How to request an authorisation for the movement of an abnormal vehicle
- Vehicles
- Occupying the public highway in a designated parking area
- Parking and delivery
- How to obtain an access permit for Monaco Ville
- Road safety
- How to apply to occupy part of the public highway
- How to apply for a parking space in a state owned building
Vehicle registration
- How to grant a mandate (proxy) to a third party
- Specificities for vehicles originating from Italy
- Specificities for vehicles originating from Germany
- How to report the theft of a vehicle
- How to sell or transfer a vehicle
- How to declare your vehicle off the road
- How to request a duplicate invoice
- How to apply for a reimbursement
- General information
- How to book an appointment with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Office
- How to declare a change of registered name or address in the Principality
- How to renew your annual car sticker
- Registration
- How to register a new vehicle
- How to regularise a vehicle deregistered for failure to renew a registration (car sticker)
- How to declare modifications to a vehicle
- How to change the registration of a vehicle that is more than 30 years old to a vintage vehicle registration
- How to register a used vehicle
- How to apply for a certificate for registration abroad
- Renewal of registration
- How to report the loss or theft of a registration certificate
- How to request individual or single vehicle type approval
- How to apply for registration of a pledge or security
- How to apply for taxi vehicle registration
- How to declare the destruction of a vehicle
- How to register a luxury chauffeur-driven vehicle
- How to request a copy of a constituent document of a file
- Loss or theft
- How to report the loss or theft of a car sticker
- How to apply for a pledge or security to be deregistered
- How to apply for registration of a vehicle, known as a "Motorcycle on request”
- Invoice and reimbursement
- How to request registration of a vehicle for short- or long-term rental
- How to request an apostille of an export certificate
- How to report the loss or theft of a registration plate
- Vehicule modification
- Modification of registration certificates or plates
- How to request a replacement for a registration certificate that is full
- How to request a registration specifically for driving professionals
- How to register a trailer ≤750 kg or a light tow bar
- Printouts from the number plate database
- How to request a temporary registration and how to make an instant printout from the number plate database
- How to declare the loss of an administrative document (such as a declaration, certificate, etc.)
- How to request a replacement for a damaged registration plate
- How to apply for temporary registration of a vehicle
- How to register a vehicle with special plates
- How to replace a damaged car sticker
- Proxy
- How to apply to register a medical and land transport vehicle
- Declaring cessation of activity
Technical inspection of vehicules
- How to declare the loss or theft of a technical inspection report
- How to apply for a reimbursement
- How to request a duplicate invoice
- How to grant a mandate (proxy) to a third party
- Technical inspection
- Purpose of a technical visit and vehicles concerned
- How to take your vehicle for a technical visit
- Loss or theft
- How to take your vehicle for a follow-up inspection
- Invoice and reimbursement
- Mandate (proxy)
- How to request dispensation to have a technical inspection carried out in France
- How to regularise a vehicle that has been deregistered following a failure to complete a technical visit
Professional titles
- How to register a candidate for a driving test or an assessment of driving skills
- How to request or renew a driving instructor's card
- How to report the loss or theft of a professional licence
- How to request a duplicate invoice
- How to apply for a reimbursement
- How to grant a mandate (proxy) to a third party
- General information
- How to book an appointment with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Office
- Passenger and merchandise transport
- How to request a professional licence
- How to renew a professional licence
- Loss or theft
- How to request or renew a medical and land transport card
- Invoice and reimbursement
- Driving schools
- How to request authorisation to use an auxiliary chauffeur-driven vehicle
- How to request an annual authorisation to use an auxiliary chauffeur-driven vehicle
- How to request or renew an electronic tachograph company card
- Mandate (proxy)
- How to request or renew an electronic tachograph driver card
- How to request an international road transport permit
- How to request an international road passenger transport permit
- How to apply for registration with the Principality's Road Transport Register
- How to request or renew a certificate for refrigerated carriage
- Politique de certification chronotachygraphe
Aids and development
Assistance
- Industrial subsidies
- How to request support for a cultural project
- Marketing support
- How to obtain assistance from the Green Fund to support businesses with their energy transition
- Horizon Europe Programme
- How to obtain Support for Market Development Activities
- How to obtain support for attending Trade Fairs
- How to request an incentive payment for photovoltaic-type electricity-producing devices
- Measures to promote ecological vehicles
- How to apply for a subsidy for buying a clean energy vehicle
- How to request a refund of employers' contributions - Sunday openings
- How to request support for professional training
- Support for recruitment
- How to request the intervention of the Monegasque credit guarantee fund
- How to apply for an interest subsidy
- The Monegasque Credit Guarantee Fund
- Hospitality industry loan
- How to claim the Monegasque Fund for Innovation
- How to claim the Monegasque “EUREKA" Fund
- Société d'Aide à la Création et au Développement
- Business start-up support
- How to request a grant for setting up a business
- How to request a loan for setting up a business
- Financing innovation
- How to request a grant for setting up as a professional independent artist
- Financing exports
- Marketing support
- Industry bonus
- Investment support
- Environmental support
- Energy transition support
- Support for employers
- Support for companies in difficulties
- Art projects
- Loans for hospitality industry
Young entrepreneurs
- JCI Monaco
- Junior Economic Chamber of Monaco
- Junior Chamber Interational Monaco Business Plan Competition
- Business Incubator
- Monaco Boost
- Business start-up support
- How to request a grant for setting up a business
- How to request a loan for setting up a business
- How to request a grant for setting up as a professional independent artist
Networks and publications
Professional networks
- CGU-MonacoWelcomeApp
- Professional Bodies and Associations
- Junior Economic Chamber of Monaco
- Federations and trade unions in the Principality
- Société Monégasque des Eaux
- Société Monégasque de l'Électricité et du Gaz
- Monaco Telecom
- Bailiffs
- Chartered Accountant and Authorised accountant
- Notaries
- Legal Advisors
- Intellectual Property Consultants
- Lawyers
- Administration
- Welcome Office
- Utilities
- Proposing special offers for Government staff
- Professional networks
- Monaco Economic Board
- Professional code of ethics for civil servants and other government officials in their dealings with citizens
- Monaco Association for Financial Activities
- La Poste Monaco
- Professions in Monaco
Labels and certifications
- Monaco Welcome certified
- Monaco Welcome Certified
- How to obtain the "Monaco Welcome Certified"
- Responsible trading
- How to obtain the Responsible Trading certification
- How to obtain the Responsible Restaurant certification
- Demander l'aide aux Commerces et Restaurants Engagés
- #MonacoSafe Certification
- #MonacoSafe Certification
Covid-19
Economic recovery
- General information
- If you are a private company:
- If you are an association, federation or institution:
- All applicants:
- How to apply for assistance to carry out an exemplary renovation project
- General information
- Economic Recovery Support Commission (CARE)
- Measures relating to employees
- General information
- How to obtain assistance from the Green Fund to support businesses with their energy transition
- How to request a subsidy for the renovation of commercial premises
- General information
- Introduction of Total Temporary Layoff
- How to obtain assistance from the Blue Fund
- How to apply for a window renovation subsidy
- Support for shops and restaurants in the Principality
- How to apply for Partial Exemption from Employers’ Contributions
- How to declare Total Temporary Layoff
- How to become a partner
- How to request a subsidy to create a dustbin storage area or upgrade such an area to meet current standards
- Paid leave accrued under the Total Temporary Layoff
- Registering for digital workshops
- How to apply for a grant for the restoration of notable buildings
- How to apply for reimbursement of paid leave accrued during Total Temporary Layoff
- How to apply for a subsidy for buying a clean energy vehicle
- COVID19 - Implementation of teleworking
- How to apply for a roof insulation subsidy
- How to apply for support for sporting and cultural associations
- Assistance to businesses
- Employment
- Blue Fund
- Red and White Fund
- Green Fund
- White Fund
Covid-19 practical information
- General information
- How to obtain self-tests for your employees
- Procedure to follow when an employee is identified as COVID-19 positive at a company
- How to purchase masks for your employees
- The Office of Occupational Medicine
- Vaccination of Employees
- How to obtain self-tests for your employees
- Regulations by activity
- Assistance to businesses
- Employment
- How to apply for Partial Exemption from Employers’ Contributions
- Monaco Social Security Funds
- Health measures
- Ministerial Decisions
- Health and prevention guides by activity
- Temporary travel regulations
- How to declare Total Temporary Layoff
- Receiving the public: temporary regulations
- Procedure to follow when an employee is identified as COVID-19 positive at a company
- Procedure for people returning from a stay outside the Principality
- COVID19 - Implementation of teleworking
- How to purchase masks for your employees
- Construction activities: health safety measures - Covid-19
- Transport and postal services
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