Useful Links

Portal of La Poste Group

You can access to several services : e-post office, mail, parcel, express, e-trade, financial services…

Coliposte, the La Poste’s parcels operator in France, is the specialist of the fast delivery in 48 hours to homes and businesses. ColiPoste is now the French leader and the number-two European provider of home parcel delivery services.

Geopost is the specialist on the Express service’s Market for parcels under 30 kg throughout the world.

N°3 in Express in Europe, GeoPost has the role of developing the Group in France by supplementing the offer of ColiPoste, the parcel’s operator of La Poste, and out of France, while remaining focused on his corebusiness: the parcel of less than 31,5 kg on the Express business market.

Subsidiary of Geopost, DPD, one of the leading parcel services supplier in Europe , offers solutions for goods distribution and tailor-made services to more than 220 countries throughout the world.

For express service

Chronopost International, a La Poste subsidiary, is the European specialist in express service for picking up, transporting, and delivering envelopes and parcels weighing up to 30 kg to France, Europe, and abroad.

The National Postage Stamp Service

The online stamp shop: stamp sale, stamp collections, prepaid envelopes…More than 300 products!

For optimising the quality of your French address databases

The National Address Management Service is France’s address specialist. This La Poste subsidiary offers: 

• Address databases containing businesses, professionals, and individuals that have recently moved to France 
• Solutions for processing your B to B and B to C address databases.
  

Getting in touch with the whole wide world just as simply and quickly as sending an e-mail

Maileva, a La Poste subsidiary, offers subcontracting solutions for the management and exchange of documents and mail via the Internet. Send paper documents from your computer around the clock using the latest digital technologies for the sharing and mutualisation of information.

Dynapost, La Poste Group, offers to sub-contract globally or partially the physical and numerical mail of your company. The Dynapost’s mail solutions are: mail sorting, preparation, scanning…

La Poste has a specific foundation which promotes the writing by helping the correspondence‘s edition and by supporting artistic events and the French culture. It encourages also young talentuous people, who associate text and music.

Find on laposte.net free email, free newsletters and a whole of services provided by La Poste.

The Belgian Direct Marketing Association regroups companies which offer regards direct email, TV-services, Internet marketing…and users of these services. Moreover, this association informs its members of the market trends, legal obligations, deontologic….

The “Chambre de Commerce Française en Grande-Bretagne” (French Chamber of Commerce in Great-Britain) assists French companies to export and to set up subsidiaries in the UK and provides also similar services for British companies interested in the French market.

The Dutch Dialogue Marketing Association is a platform of direct marketing industry (direct mail, telemarketing, sales promotion, e-commerce).

The German Direct Marketing Association – (Deutscher Direktmarketing Verband e.V.)

It represents the interests of nearly 850 corporate members. The DDV also helps develop young talents in direct marketing by supporting existing and newly founded educational institutions. Additionally, the association collects and documents current industry trends, facts and figures.

A network of contacts between distributors, editors and suppliers on a world level

The purpose of Distripress is to promote the international diffusion of newspapers, publications and paperbacks. To achieve its goal, namely the free international Press diffusion, Distripress facilitates the commercial contacts and encourages the introduction of an equitable and powerful trade.

The American Direct Marketing Association brings together approximately 4,100 businesses engaging in direct marketing and distance sales. DMA’s website provides companies interested in the American market with useful information on the way it works.

Federation of European Direct Marketing

This site indexes European direct marketing associations. It also includes a list of major events and a plethora of useful information for this sector.

Union of French Chambers of Commerce and Industry Abroad

This organisation is the first private network of French firms in the world and an international network for assisting companies. Their website provides market information, commercial and industrial contacts, business practices, practical assistance, etc.

UPU is the primary forum for cooperation between postal services. Its mission is to facilitate communication among the people of the world. Among other features, this website includes:

• Recommendations for addressing mail to different countries of destination
• A postcode database for UPU’s partner countries
• Statistics on partner country postal operators

The French agency for international business development

UBIFRANCE strives to expose businesses to international opportunities and to help them transform these openings into commercial development. This website presents all the publicly-administered products and services that may aid in your international growth operations. It is an excellent resource for businesses conducting international sales.

The official website of the French customs service offers updated information on rules and policies affecting commercial imports and exports. You’ll also learn about the customs service’s support and advice for businesses wishing to export goods.

This link is your gateway to pages in English, Spanish, and German with information and services for web users around the world, along with the French-language pages of the Ministry's website.

France in facts and figures and all the indicators

The name says it all!

The Market Access Database is an important operational tool of the European Union's Market Access Strategy, supporting a continuous three-way exchange of information between EU institutions, Member States, and European businesses. The Market Access Database is a free, interactive, easy-to-use service providing:

• Information about market access conditions in non-EU countries
• A systematic way for the European Commission to follow up on complaints from businesses about barriers to trade in non-EU countries
• A means of ensuring that our trading partners abide by their international commitments.