(Home)Made in France To try and help restaurant goers distinguish in advance between restaurants serving fresh homemade food, and those serving up the ubiquitous processed, pre-packed or microwave ‘produit’, a bill has been passed in…

  If you don’t always bother charging up your phone or your Ipad before travelling, you could risk not being allowed to take the device onto your flight. The same applies to MP3 and MP4…

    Get in there quick!     You may already know that the French government changed the laws last year regarding exoneration of Capital Gains Tax, the tax applicable to the amount of profit…

  No more free book deliveries in France     In order to support the many small ‘librairies’ around France, and protect them from  competition from the big boys, a unanimous vote was passed this…

    UPDATE – June 2014 If you are arriving late on a Saturday evening, you will be happy to hear that the Sunday shopping laws have this month been changed, and food shops, both…

  New Generation of Speed Cameras in France       Watch out for a whole range of new speed cameras  launched in France for the summer season. Not only will you  find (or not…

  WW1 Perpignanais remains discovered     A 27 year old from Perpignan is the only one to have been identified amongst the remains of 5 soldiers from WW1, who have lain in the ground…

  Fixed speed cameras are on the decline, believed to be less efficient than  mobile ones (radars mobiles de nouvelle génération) which are on the increase, as France makes plans to double mobile speed traps…