Regulation

In jewelry and watch stores, customers can pay in cash, but within strict limits: €1,000 for French tax residents, and up to €15,000 for foreign tourists. The rules, regulations, and penalties are explained simply.

Register filled out after the fact, erasures, incomplete identity, poorly described object, forgotten order number: the most common errors in police bookkeeping and how to avoid them.

A customer residing outside the European Union can purchase tax-free goods. Conditions, role of the PABLO system, and steps to create an error-free tax refund form.

Police, gendarmerie or customs: who controls the police register of a jewelry store, what is checked, the documents to be presented and the penalties incurred.

Gold buying, used watches, consignment sales: whenever you purchase items from individuals, you must keep a police register. What should you record in it and how should you store it?.

Since February 2026, jewelry stores can once again prove the compliance of their point-of-sale software with a certificate from the software publisher, instead of a certificate from an accredited body. Here's what you need to know.

No register, inaccurate entries, refusal to present: the penalties incurred by a jeweller for the police register, additional penalties in the case of companies and the register of precious metals.

5 years for a paper register, 10 years for an electronic register, 6 years for the precious metals register: the retention periods for the police register and their starting point.

Invoice number, seller and customer details, VAT, payment terms… An invoice contains around twenty mandatory items. Here's a checklist for a jewelry store, including upcoming new requirements and penalties.

Electronic register or software: the conditions set by the Penal Code and Annex IV of the CGI, the points to check on a tool and the steps to move away from the paper register.