Can I start start a business in France and also receive chomage?

Una

5 Apr 2015 at 15:12 · Viewed 1685 times

I have registered at the Pôle Emploi in France and am waiting for some attestations (from another country where I worked) before I receive chomage allocations. Whilst looking for a new job, I would like to work for someone for approximately two days a week on an auto-entrepreneur basis.

My chomage will be much more than I will receive for this part-time work. Can I be both receiving chomage and registered as an auto-entrepreneur business in France? I know that the chomage is topped up if I work as an employee with a Contrat de travail à durée déterminée (CDD) or Contrat à durée indéterminée (CDI) - is this also the case as an auto-entrepreneur?

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