diff --git a/examples/sample.csv b/examples/sample.csv
index 9821dcb18..b6e9bb260 100644
--- a/examples/sample.csv
+++ b/examples/sample.csv
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 "Date","Note","Amount"
 "2012/3/22","DEPOSIT","50.00"
 "2012/3/23","TRANSFER TO SAVINGS","-10.00"
+"2012/3/24","COFFEE — €20 RECEIVED","-20.00"
diff --git a/examples/sample.csv.cp1252.rules b/examples/sample.csv.cp1252.rules
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd0998ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/sample.csv.cp1252.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+include sample.csv.rules
+encoding cp1252
diff --git a/examples/sample.csv.iso88591.rules b/examples/sample.csv.iso88591.rules
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a246922c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/sample.csv.iso88591.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+include sample.csv.rules
+encoding iso8859-1
diff --git a/examples/sample.fr.cp1252.csv b/examples/sample.fr.cp1252.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..294956475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/sample.fr.cp1252.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+"Date","Remarque","Montant"
+"2012/3/22","DÉPÔT","50.00"
+"2012/3/23","VIREMENT VERS ÉPARGNE","-10.00"
+"2012/3/24","CAFÉ — €20 REÇU","-20.00"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/sample.fr.csv.py b/examples/sample.fr.csv.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc1e000e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/sample.fr.csv.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+text = '''"Date","Remarque","Montant"
+"2012/3/22","DÉPÔT","50.00"
+"2012/3/23","VIREMENT VERS ÉPARGNE","-10.00"
+"2012/3/24","CAFÉ — €20 REÇU","-20.00"'''
+
+# Create UTF-8 file
+with open('sample-fr.utf8.csv', 'wb') as f:
+    f.write(text.encode('utf-8'))
+
+# Create ISO-8859-1 file, replacing unsupported characters
+with open('sample-fr.iso8859-1.csv', 'wb') as f:
+    f.write(text.encode('iso-8859-1', errors='replace'))
+
+# Create Windows-1252 file
+with open('sample-fr.cp1252.csv', 'wb') as f:
+    f.write(text.encode('cp1252', errors='replace'))
diff --git a/examples/sample.fr.iso88591.csv b/examples/sample.fr.iso88591.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31aac77bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/sample.fr.iso88591.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+"Date","Remarque","Montant"
+"2012/3/22","DÉPÔT","50.00"
+"2012/3/23","VIREMENT VERS ÉPARGNE","-10.00"
+"2012/3/24","CAFÉ ? ?20 REÇU","-20.00"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/sample.fr.utf8.csv b/examples/sample.fr.utf8.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..705b8b265
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/sample.fr.utf8.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+"Date","Remarque","Montant"
+"2012/3/22","DÉPÔT","50.00"
+"2012/3/23","VIREMENT VERS ÉPARGNE","-10.00"
+"2012/3/24","CAFÉ — €20 REÇU","-20.00"
\ No newline at end of file