CIA Gateway
Europe beginsin the Amazon.
French Guiana is the only territory in South America where a company operates under French law, invoices in euros and sells into the EU single market. A CARICOM associate member, bordering Brazil, next door to the two new energy economies of the Guiana Shield, it is the gateway the region has been waiting for.
Your contracts under French law, your assets in euros, your accounts in the European banking system. The antidote to currency volatility and legal uncertainty.
The EU single market and its 450 million consumers. CE marking and European Union origin: the only stretch of the Amazon that manufactures inside the EU.
Tax credit on new productive investment, offsettable and refundable in cash (art. 244 quater W of the French Tax Code; the rate for companies subject to corporation tax).
Allowance on taxable profit at the enhanced rate reserved to French Guiana, capped at €300,000 per financial year (ZFANG scheme, art. 44 quaterdecies).
2026 · The window is open
May: French Guiana joins the Caribbean Telecommunications Union. 7 July: it becomes CARICOM’s eighth associate member. 20 to 24 September: Cayenne hosted the Caribbean ICT Week. Three signals in a single quarter: the territory is opening to its region.
Why now
The markets of the Guiana Shield and the Caribbean are fragmented: languages, currencies, standards, legal systems. The companies that establish first on the European side of that fragmentation will turn it into a lasting advantage.
What we do
Establishment assessment
from €4,800
Your project tested against the law, the tax code and the ground: legal form, tax and employment regime, eligibility for tax credits and allowances, first-year budget, timeline. A written report, costed and sourced, delivered within fifteen working days. An informed decision, including, where warranted, the decision not to proceed.
Coordinated incorporation
from €14,400
From first signature to registration with the Cayenne companies register: articles, registered office, capital deposit, bank account, social security registrations, first tax-credit filing. We coordinate lawyer, chartered accountant, notary and bank. Six to ten weeks. You stay focused on your business.
Standing representation
annual mandate, from €24,000
Your filing obligations met, your regulatory watch maintained, your interests represented on the ground, your interface with the French authorities. Your company exists in Europe without tying up a team there.
Half the assessment fee is credited against the incorporation fee where the engagement starts within three months.
Fixed fees in euros, exclusive of tax: French VAT does not apply in French Guiana (art. 294-1 of the Tax Code). Built on a rate of €1,200 per consulting day. Excluding disbursements and the fees of regulated professionals (lawyer, chartered accountant, notary), quoted separately. 50% payable on engagement.
Our method
- I
A confidential thirty-minute call. We listen, we qualify, and we tell you whether the project stands up.
- II
A written assessment, costed and sourced. Every regulatory statement is verified as at the date of the report.
- III
Incorporation coordinated end to end, with professionals on the French registers.
- IV
Operation supported over time: compliance, regulatory watch, regional growth.
The sectors where French Guiana changes your arithmetic
Agri-processing
Process Amazonian raw material under European origin and standards: the added value stays on this side of the border.
Energy and oilfield services
A euro-denominated rear base for the Guyana and Suriname supply chains, leaving your local-content obligations untouched.
Logistics and trading
A European customs entry point at the hinge of the Guiana Shield, the Caribbean and northern Brazil.
Construction and public works
A sector expressly eligible for the tax credit, carried by public procurement and a chronic housing shortfall.
Digital and telecommunications
European infrastructure, Caribbean market: French Guiana has sat on the Caribbean Telecommunications Union since May 2026.
Training and certification
Award qualifications recognised across the European Union, three flying hours from Georgetown and Belém.
What we will not promise you
Honesty is our strongest commercial argument.
CARICOM associate membership carries no vote, no customs union and no free movement. It opens cooperation, not the market: we will never sell you the opposite.
VAT is not “zero-rated” here: it is provisionally not applicable (art. 294-1). You do not charge it, and you cannot reclaim it on your purchases either.
Octroi de mer, the overseas dock dues, applies to imported goods. It is the first line we cost, before any tax advantage.
Every incentive requires real, lasting operations on the territory. We take on no file without economic substance: that is a firm rule, not a caveat.
Lapsed schemes still circulate in commercial presentations (Girardin 199 undecies C, closed to the overseas departments since 2018; Pinel DOM, expired on 31 December 2024). We will tell you which ones.
Thirty minutes is enough to know whether your project stands up.
The first call is confidential, free of charge and without commitment, by video or in Cayenne.