Report Gaindegia: Essential guide for cross border activity

Essential guide for cross border activity
Free circulation of people and capital provides exceptional opportunities to citizens, professionals and companies from Bidasoa- Txingudi, given that the two societies and economies can open doors for each other. However, due to the different legal systems on either side of the River Bidasoa, certain difficulties may arise.This guide, published by the Bidasoa-Txingudi Cross- Border Consortium, aims to help overcome these obstacles and become a useful tool for inhabitants who come up against these difficulties.

It thereby compiles the bases of the different legal systems, organising the information practically: it tackles situations that might occur in the cross-border field, each presented by a frequently asked question, with its corresponding detailed answer, aiming to give a complete response. This publication appears in guide or manual format, containing purely practical information.
The manual looks at 239 specific questions, adding its corresponding answer to each one. Questions are divided into seven sections, according to the different situations. So, the first chapter looks at the situation of a European citizen working and living in Gipuzkoa, and poses questions that might crop up in this situation; the second chapter focuses on European citizens who work and live in France, with their corresponding questions; the third tackles the situation of a European citizen living in France and working in Gipuzkoa, with their corresponding questions; the fourth, the situation of a European citizen who lives in Gipuzkoa and works in France, with their corresponding questions; the fifth studies the situation of companies that, whilst based in France, run their activity in Gipuzkoa and companies that are based in Gipuzkoa and run their activity in France, with their corresponding questions; the sixth looks at the situation of people that live in either Gipuzkoa or France and work on both sides of the border, with their corresponding questions; and the final chapter analyses pensioners or people receiving invalidity benefit or a widow's pension with their corresponding questions.

The answers encompass situations experienced by citizens, companies and professionals that live on both sides of the border, comparing the legal forms that appear in the rules and norms in force; forms and addresses of interest are provided at the end of the publication.

It analyses these areas by looking at different situations including the following fields: legal forms, essential procedures to set up companies, company statutes, partner responsibility, taking into account capital and impositions. It encompasses local taxes, revenue, companies and economic activities, whilst also studying the obligation to declare income tax, special regimes, the nature, field of application and scale of taxation. It also studies employment contracts, analysing costs, social security, pensions and healthcare among other aspects and looks in detail at certain areas of the field of health and education.

The guide has been produced by the town councils of Irun, Hondarribia and Hendaye, within the framework of the Bidasoa- Txingudi Cross-border Consortium, sponsored by the Basque Government, the Aquitaine Region, Loborare Cosein, Bidasoa Activa and the Baiona Chamber of Commerce and Industry.