Difficulties of the companies: who are the accompanying persons?
Verified 28 August 2026 - Entreprendre Service Public / (Prime Minister)
Detection of failure signals, appearance of the first difficulties, establishment of an amicable prevention procedure, opening of a collective procedure in case of cessation of payments, possible closure: at each of these stages, many stakeholders are mobilized to guide, advise and support heads of company in taking the necessary measures.
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
Consular networks
French Chamber of commerce and industry (CCI)- Chamber of Trades and Crafts (CMA)
- Chamber of Agriculture
Public Ombudsmen
By post
98-102 rue de Richelieu
75002 Paris
By phone
01 40 04 04 04
By email
mediateur.des-entreprises@finances.gouv.fr
Professionals facing difficulties in obtaining credit (creators, heads of company, craftsmen, traders or professionals) can apply to the National Credit Ombudsman.
By courier
Access to online form
By phone, in metropolitan France
3414 (price of a local call)
By phone, in Guadeloupe
05 90 93 74 00
By phone, in French Guiana
05 94 29 36 50
By phone, in Martinique
05 96 59 44 61
By phone, in Reunion Island
02 62 90 71 00
Legal and numerical professionals
Lawyer- Order of Chartered Accountants
- National Council of Judicial Administrators and Proxies
Administration and public actors
Banque de France: TPE-PME correspondents- Commission of Chief Financial Officers (CCSF)
- Interministerial Committee for Industrial Restructuring (Ciri)
- Commissioners for Restructuring and Prevention of company Difficulties (CRP)
- Urssaf
Associative networks
Information and Difficulty Prevention Center (CIP)- Entrepreneur Bounce Portal
- Second Breath
- Re-create
- 60,000 rebounds
- Local Apesa Associations
- Amarok Observatory
Commercial and judicial courts
Court of Justice or Local Court- Registry of the Commercial Court or the Economic Activities Court