Best approach for holding

[Houdini]

Not bad, sums it all nicely up, I get a picture of⁠ interest for such setup in other situations not only for a France trading company.

With easy banking you mean EMI's right ?

 

[JustAnotherNomad]

Both your scenarios 1 and 2 are very likely to be considered⁣ CFCs in France.
You need to have a valid reason (saving taxes doesn't count) for⁢ not using a French holding company and you will need substance (office, employees) in the︀ other country.
There is lots of legislation in place to make this very difficult to︁ work out.
You should strongly consider moving somewhere else.

 

[myshufflemix]

without substance you can't save any taxes anywhere any longer, make sure to secure substance.‌