Taipei Representative Office in France

**Taipei Representative Office in France**
駐法國台北代表處
Agency overview
Bureau de Représentation de Taipei en France
Formed	1974 (as Association pour la Promotion des Echanges Commerciaux et Touristiques avec Taiwan)^[1]
Jurisdiction	France (excluding overseas departments and territories) Andorra Monaco Gabon Republic of Congo Mauritania Algeria Tunisia Morocco
Headquarters	Paris, France
Agency executive	Michel Lu Ching-long^[2], Director
Website	Bureau de Représentation de Taipei en France

The Taipei Representative Office in France; (Chinese: 駐法國台北代表處; pinyin: Zhù Fàguó Táiběi Dàibiǎo Chù) (French: Bureau de Représentation de Taipei en France) represents the interests of Taiwan in France in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a de facto embassy. Its counterpart in Taiwan is the French Office in Taipei.^[3]

History

It was established in 1974 as the Association pour la Promotion des Echanges Commerciaux et Touristiques avec Taiwan (ASPECT), before adopting its present name in 1995.^[1]

The Office is headed by a Director, currently Michel Lu Ching-long.^[2] A fluent French speaker, he was appointed to the post in 2006, having earlier served as Ambassador to Haiti from 2000 to 2002, before being appointed Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taipei.^[4]

It also has responsibility for Andorra and Monaco in Europe, as well as for Gabon, Republic of Congo, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco in Africa.^[5]

Overseas Departments and Territories

Other Offices, Missions and Embassies have responsibility for France's overseas departments and territories.

Mission	Area of responsibility
Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Gros Islet, St. Lucia	Guadeloupe, Martinique^[6]
Trade Mission of the Republic of China to the Republic of Fiji	New Caledonia, French Polynesia^[7]
Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines	French Guiana, Saint Martin, Saint Barthelemy^[6]
Taipei Liaison Office in the Republic of South Africa	Réunion^[8]

References

1 2 Le Bureau de Représentation de Taipei en France (B.R.T.F.): l'organisme de représentation de la République de Chine à Taiwan
1 2 Interview Ambassador Michel Lu, Taiwan's representative to France, Radio Taiwan International, 22 June 2014
↑ La France à Taiwan
↑ MOFA's Lu to fill vacant diplomatic post in France, Taipei Times, December 18, 2006
↑ Europe Area, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)
1 2 Latin America and Caribbean, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)
↑ Asia Pacific Area, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)
↑ Africa Area, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)

External links

Bureau de Représentation de Taipei en France

Diplomatic missions of the Republic of China

Africa	Algeria¹ ¹⁵ Angola¹ ¹⁰ Benin¹ ¹² Burundi¹ ¹⁰ Cameroon¹ ¹² Comoros¹ ¹⁰ Eritrea¹ ¹⁰ Gabon¹ ¹⁵ Gambia¹ ¹² Ghana¹ ¹² Lesotho¹ ¹⁰ Liberia¹ ¹² Libya¹ Malawi¹ ¹⁰ Mauritania¹ ¹⁵ Mauritius¹ ¹⁰ Madagascar¹ ¹⁰ Morocco¹ ¹⁵ Mozambique¹ ¹³ Namibia¹ ¹¹ Nigeria¹ Republic of Congo¹ ¹⁵ Réunion¹ ¹⁰ Rwanda¹ ¹⁰ Seychelles¹ ¹⁰ Sierra Leone¹ ¹² Somalia¹ ¹⁰ South Africa¹(Cape Town)¹ Swaziland Tanzania¹ ¹⁰ Tunisia¹ ¹⁵ Uganda¹ ¹⁰ Zambia¹ ¹⁰ Zimbabwe¹ ¹⁰

Americas	Argentina¹ Brazil¹ Canada¹ Colombia¹ Mexico¹ United States¹ Uruguay¹ ⁹ Venezuela¹ ¹⁴

Asia	Mainland China¹ (Hong Kong¹, Macau¹) Bangladesh¹ ² Bhutan¹ ² Cambodia¹ ⁵ East Timor¹ ⁶ India¹ (Chennai)¹ Indonesia¹ Japan¹ Laos¹ ⁴ Maldives)¹ ³ Malaysia¹ Mongolia¹ Myanmar¹ ¹⁰ Nepal¹ ² Philippines¹ Singapore¹ South Korea¹ Sri Lanka¹ ³ Thailand¹ Vietnam¹ (Ho Chi Minh City)¹

Europe	European Union¹ Andorra¹ ¹⁵ Austria¹ Belgium¹ Denmark¹ France¹ Germany¹ Iceland¹ ⁸ Italy¹ Luxembourg¹ ⁷ Monaco¹ ¹⁵ Netherlands¹ Norway¹ Portugal¹ Spain¹ Sweden¹ United Kingdom¹ Holy See

Oceania	Australia¹ New Zealand¹

¹ No diplomatic relations with Republic of China, functions as an informal diplomatic mission. ² Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India in New Delhi. ³ Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in Chennai. ⁴ Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hanoi. ⁵ Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Ho Chi Minh City. ⁶ Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Trade Office in Jakarta. ⁷ Responsibility of Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium in Brussels. ⁸ Responsibility of Taipei Representative Office in Denmark in Copenhagen. ⁹ Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Buenos Aires. ¹⁰ Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Bangkok. ¹⁰ Responsibility of Taipei Liaison Office in the Republic of South Africa in Pretoria. ¹¹ Responsibility of Taipei Liaison Office in Cape Town. ¹² Responsibility of Trade Mission of the ROC in Abuja. ¹³ Responsibility of Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in Mbabane. ¹⁴ Responsibility of Taipei Commercial Office in Bogotá. ¹⁵ Responsibility of Taipei Commercial Office in Paris.

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