Hi,
Perhaps it is not a question of setting up a new
organization,
but merely registering Wikimedia in France as a foreign
corporation so that someone in France or some other EU
jurisdiction can act for Wikimedia (i.e. basically be the
local agent for Wikimedia)? This would be a Wikimedia
"branch". Isn't "branch" an accurate translation of
"filiale"?
In French law, there is not such think as a non profit "foreign
organisation".
Perhaps someone can review the French law and find out
what is
necessary to make such a registration in France.
Just set up a French non profit organisation according to the law of July
1901, called in French "association loi de 1901", and add in the status
the required articles. The law of July 1901 is very broad. You can make
any kind of non profit organisation within this law (sport, cultural,
social, humanitarian, etc., at any level: local, national and
international). There is no other law regarding non profit organisation.
For example, the "Fondation de France", the biggest foundation in France
is set up under this law. Same for "Médecins sans Frontières" (French
Doctors).
NB Wikimedia Foundation Inc. is not an
"association" but a
company or corporation under the definitions commonly used
in most jurisdictions.
Alex756
Yann