Do you have the right to become a merchant?

You must be of full age and have not been convicted in court for certain offenses.

How to anticipate difficulties?

• Prepare for your future job :
  
  • By performing a immersion course in the catering sector
  • By following a training to learn about entrepreneurship
  • Learn about management and accounting

These courses are optional but highly recommended.

• Plan the difficulties
  
  • Make a financial reserve to deal with unforeseen events
  • Prepare for the steady pace of work : weekend and evening, overtime

Who can help you?

Before you start, we offer tips and tools to prepare you to entrepreneurship.

You can also request different support solutions.

Get closer to the CCI: titleContent of your region.

Each KIC shall propose a training (3 to 5 days) to succeed your company creation.

KICs also offer personalized monitoring of your project.

It's 1^era step.

You must decide based on the following parameters:

• Your budget (the amount of your investment)
• Your cravings
• Your skills
• Your experience in the business ofcontractor
• Your experience in catering

A very varied choice of restaurants

The restaurants are very varied in nature.

Franchise restaurant?

The status of franchisee minimizes the risk of failure.

If you are inexperienced in entrepreneurship or catering, this choice is interesting.

However, it has constraints: if the restaurant's turnover drops, your remuneration will drop sharply.

The geographical location of your restaurant is essential to its success.

Consider the following criteria

Remember to look at the following:

• Immediate business environment: the more your local will be surrounded by other shopsthe more potential customers there will be
• Nature of the surrounding shops: a street of shops "mouth" (food) will be less frequented in the afternoon
• Access to your premises: sidewalk width, proximity to parking spaces, direction of travel, pedestrian streetetc.
• Visibility: are there obstacles (urban furniture) in front of the premises, the showcase is she good visible from the sidewalk?
• History from the place: to check with the surrounding shops

Analysis of territory and competition

You must analyze the territory economic, social, cultural, etc.

Insee: economic portrait of a territory

You have to do that list of your competitors on the territory and work on the needs of your future customers.

List your competitors

Working on the needs of its customers: the canvas value proposition

At this point, you are able to address the mandatory phase which consists in carrying out your market research and building your business plan.

The banks and funding partners will require access to these documents. They need it to agree or not to lend you money and make you trust.

The business plan must include a summary of your market research.

So you have to start the 2 at the same time.

The business plan evolves as your project matures.

It then allows the management of the First 3 years of your business.

We'll give you explains everything in our pages dedicated tomarket research and at business plan.

You must then choose the legal form of your company.

It exists 3 choices possible: business, {circumflex over (EI)}, micro-company.

• Business :

Choose to create a business is appropriate if you wish to associate (SAS, SARL). But not only, because you can also build a business that you will be thesingle associate (SASU and EURL).

Banks may be more willing to support you if you choose business status over EI.

The disadvantage may lie in a greater complexity of administrative and accounting procedures. However, in the medium term, this difficulty can be countered for example by calling on the services of an accountant, or by greater experience in managing your company.

Business is a suitable shape if your activity grows.

• ₪(EI) :

You carry out your activity in your own name and make all decisions alone that relate to your company. With this status, it is not possible to have a partner.

Steps to create a ₪(EI) are simple, fast and inexpensive. Indeed, you do not have statutes to draft or share capital to deposit.

Accounting obligations are limited: only the ledger, general ledger and inventory book must be kept up to date.

In case of professional debts, you benefit from a protection on your principal residence. However, you may encounter situations (investors, banks, etc.) that require guarantees on your personal property. You can consult our sheet on the seizure of the personal assets of the individual contractor.

• Micro-entrepreneur:

The micro-company is synonymous with self-company. This is a ₪ (EI) with a simplified tax and social system.

This scheme is aimed at individual entrepreneurs with a turnover below €188,700. If your business starts to grow and your CA: titleContent annual exceeds this amount, you automatically switch to the status of theIS: titleContent.

This status is characterized by simplicity of administrative procedures. The cost of creation is low. Accounting procedures are restricted. For example, you are not required to provide tax packages or publish your annual accounts.

Moreover, this status allows invoice your products without VAT (exemption from VAT), so to charge lower prices. The downside of this aspect is the impossibility of deduct VAT on your business purchases, for example on the purchase of equipment.

This status is suitable for novice entrepreneurs whose activity does not generate a lot of turnover.

Definition

The goodwill includes everything that is necessary for your activity :

• Right to commercial lease
• Trade name, sign, trademark, patent
• Material, equipment
• Supplier Contracts
• Customers, reputation, turnover
• Ongoing employment contracts of employees

Change of business

For get a restaurant room, you must buy the goodwill from an existing restaurant.

That's the method most common to operate a restaurant.

The administrative documents you fill out also refer to a transfer of a restaurant or a transfer of business.

"Destination" of the business

Your business premises must have for vocation, also called destination,host a restaurant.

This destination is enrolled in the goodwill and in the commercial lease.

Formalities of purchase

The 2 formalities main for buy a business are as follows:

• Advertising the assignment and purchase.
  You must publish the assignment in a support for legal announcements within 15 days of purchase.
  Then you must notify of your purchase the registry of the commercial court within 3 days of publication. The clerk will then publish a notice in a Bodacc: titleContent.
• Recording the deed of sale to the registrar of the company Tax Service (SIE).
  You have to pay transfer duties.

A business disposal model is available:

Model of deed of sale of business

We explain in detail the steps linked to the purchase of a business during a company takeover.

Registration at RNE: titleContent and at RCS: titleContent

You have to register your restaurant, that is declare its existence and your activity. on the website of the companies Formalities Office.

Window of company formalities

Following this declaration, your restaurant is registered and registered on the RNE: titleContent and the RCS: titleContent.

This inscription proves its legal existence.

You will then receive a unique identification number (Siren), a Siret and one proof of registration.

We explain in detail the registration formality in our dedicated pages. The formality differs depending on whether you register a microenterprise, one (EI) or if you register a business.

Declaration of your activity in town hall

You must declare your activity and the identity of your restaurant to the town hall where it is located.

This declaration must be made 15 days minimum before opening from your restaurant.

This declaration is made in filling out the form next:

Declaration of a restaurant or a bar for drinks to be consumed on site or to be taken away

You are a cook and you wish create your own restaurant.

You wish to propose a kitchen homemade of high quality.

You want to highlight your know-how of cook.

For this you can get the title from master restorer.

What criteria do you have to meet?

You must have a diploma or professional qualification. This diploma or qualification proves your expertise.

You must fill in a specifications of more than 30 criteria.

How to get the title of master restorer?

It is the state that gives the title of master restorer.

One checking during an audit allows to receive or not this title.

The audit consists of several control points.

You you can view the audit checkpoint grid.

If the audit is positive, you must make a application file.

Your file should include the supporting documents following:

• Copy of your identity card
• Address and business name of your restaurant (copy of the commercial lease)
• Extract Kbis
• Proof of your diploma or professional qualification
• Audit report

Which organizations can carry out the audit?

It exists 3 organizations certifiers authorized to carry out theauditing of master restorer.

You can directly inquire with them and request a quote:

• Afnor
• Certipaq
• Bureau Veritas certification

The organization reports back to you after the audit.

You must attach this audit report to your application file.

Where to submit your application?

The professional is not legally obliged to take out insurance for its activity of restaurateur.

This is a professional property and casualty insurance. It may include professional civil liability (CPR).

The professional must ask his usual insurer.

She protects the restaurant owner, his goods, his customers and possibly his employees (in the case of a CPR).

Protection concerns accidents:

• Hardware (inventory of goods, IT, etc.),
• Intangible assets (operating loss),
• Bodily injury (accident, death).

For more details, it is possible to consult our pages dedicated to insurance professionals, depending on the company (individual, microphone or business) .

In your restaurant, you will certainly sell alcoholic drinks.

For this, you must get the right to sell alcohol.

This right is obtained via a professional license, also known as an operating license.

You have to make a mandatory training 2 and a half days (20 hours) to obtain this license.

If your restaurant is open between 10pm and 8am, you must comply with specific rules for the sale of alcohol at night, on site or to take away.

If you want to settle a terrace on the public space or if your restaurant already has an outdoor terrace, you are obliged to make a request called AOT: titleContent.

This is a application for permission to occupy the sidewalk or a public square.

This authorization is not transmitted in the purchase of the business.

Which VAT for which product?

The restaurant owner must pay VAT on food products and, if this is the case, on alcoholic beverages.

Different rates apply according to several criteria.

We explain in detail these rates in our page dedicated to VAT for restaurateurs.

What other taxes?

The restaurateur must also paying a property tax, called the CFE.

According to his turnover, he will also have to pay the CVAE.

If he hires one or more employees, he has to pay the contribution to vocational training (CFP).

If he owns one or more advertising signs in the public space, he must inquire about the possible payment of the local tax on outdoor advertising (TLPE). It depends on each municipality. He must then contact the town hall of the location of its advertising sign.

Fee for broadcasting music

The restaurant owner may choose to play music in his restaurant.

He must then make a declaration to Sacem and pay an annual fee.

Sacem: applications for authorization to broadcast music

The practice of tip is common. As an employer, you must respect the management rules (contributions to the Urssaf) and payment to your staff.

Hygiene

You must respect the rules of hygiene in your restaurant.

These rules apply to the manufacture of food, personnel, material and equipment, the storage of your goods and water.

At least 1 person in your restaurant must have followed the hygiene training, mandatory.

This training is called the HACCP.

It lasts about 14 hours.

You can consult the official guide hygiene practices in the restaurant industry.

Consult a guide to good hygiene practices (GBPH)

Security

Your restaurant belongs to a category of establishments called ERP : establishments open to the public.

You must know the standards that apply to this type of establishment.

Accessibility

You need to settle accessibility devices that allow persons with disabilities from circulate with the most great autonomy possible.

We explain you in detail what are these standards?.

Compliance work

You may have to do some work to bring your restaurant into compliance.

Before to begin this work, you must ask your town hall for permission.

Prohibitions: alcohol, tobacco

You must enforce 2 prohibitions :

• Prohibition of selling alcohol to a young person under 18 years of age (minor)
• No smoking (inside the restaurant, for all guests)

You are obliged to put very visible posters about these 2 prohibitions.

Inform your customers

You must display information about the following:

• Products (name of wines, origin of all meat, mention of the "homemade" logoetc.)
• Services (mention of the service included or not on the card, restaurant vouchers accepted, etc.)
• Price

Find the details of these displays.

You do not have to accept checks or restaurant vouchers.

If you accept them, you can ask to be reimbursed.

To obtain a refund of your restaurant vouchers, you must declare yourself to the Commission nationale des titres-restaurant (CNTR). The CNTR will then request the opening of your account at the Centrale de Régulation des Titres (CRT) which will refund you.

Your storefront must conspicuously inform customers that you accept them.

Several situations can lead you to settle signs in the public space.

These can include instructions, signage to drive customers to your establishment.

If you organize cultural or musical events in your restaurant, you will surely advertise them.

In any case, you will have to request authorization.

Bright sign

If your sign is bright, you must also know the regulations on night lighting.

The formalities are the same as those for opening a restaurant. In particular:

• Mandatory training
• License (operating permit)
• AOT
• Registration at RNE: titleContent and at RCS: titleContent

You will need to acquire a additional alcohol license if you do not yet own it and if you wish.

You will need to report this new activity to the DDPP: titleContent of your department.

Renew your operating license

Your license is valid 10 years.

Before this deadline, you will have to redo the mandatory training to renew your operating license.

If you don't, you lose your license of restaurant.