Strengthening controls on social regularity

Since December 17, 2025, in order to meet regulatory obligations concerning the fight against undeclared work and the responsibility of clients within the framework of their due diligence obligation, the collection and control of documents enabling the justification of the social regularity of companies and organizations has evolved, particularly concerning microstructures.

The system is now based on a single form. It covers all possible situations and allows entities to comply independently by submitting the supporting documents appropriate to their case.

To reflect this change, the title of the application has been modified to "Social Regularity". This broader wording avoids any reference to a specific certificate.

Companies in the general case (80%) were not impacted.

The special cases of self-employed individuals and structures without employees

For each situation, a certificate issued by the URSSAF can be used to justify:

that the entrepreneur, when self-employed, is up to date with his social obligations;
that the structure does not employ any staff.

The URSSAF operates with two separate departments:

the "Self-employed" service (3698), which is competent for the manager as a self-employed worker.
the "Employers" service (3957), which is competent for the company as an employer;

These services operate within different areas and may issue additional certificates. A certificate provided by one does not imply coverage of the situation under the jurisdiction of the other.

A self-employed worker can, in fact, employ staff.
Thus, a certificate in one's own name (issued by the "Self-employed" service) is sometimes not sufficient, on its own, to prove that the company is in compliance.

Similarly, a certificate of company without employees (or any document attesting to non-registration or deregistration with the "Employers" service) may require the collection of a certificate in the manager's own name.

The exceptions:

• Self-employed individuals

Due to the absence of a separate legal personality for the self-employed individual and the identity between the SIRET number and the natural person, the certificate of vigilance in one's own name is considered sufficient.

• Structures such as SAS, SASU, associations, GIE, GIP and SCI

Managers of these structures cannot be issued certificates in their own names. Therefore, when they do not employ any staff, a certificate for a company without employees (or equivalent document) is considered sufficient.

• Structures whose management is minority, equal, or ensured by a retiree or a legal entity

Difficulties encountered and corrective measures implemented for these specific cases and exceptions

The implementation of this new process has had some unintended consequences for these specific cases and exceptions.

internal difficulties in the analysis of verification codes;
difficulties for some organisations in identifying the competent URSSAF service, as well as misunderstandings between services on current practices;
In some cases, refusals to issue the requested certificates, or issuance after several requests, due to a large volume of requests.

Various fixes have resolved these difficulties.

Since January 30, 2026, the problems related to the analysis of verification codes have been corrected;
Since February 18, 2026, the process for self-employed individuals has been simplified: only one document is now required when the SIREN or SIRET appears on the certificate in one's own name;
Since February 19, 2026, all pending self-employed applications have been validated without any action required on their part;
Since February 27, 2026, all self-employed workers will be able, as an exception, to indicate that they are unable to obtain a certificate of business without employees (or equivalent document) and to attest on their honor to their situation.

Similarly, managers who cannot obtain a certificate in their own name (retired, minority or equal management, management provided by a legal entity) may also attest to their situation on their honor.

Furthermore, in order to avoid any confusion with the "certificate of social security compliance" issued by the URSSAF — notably required in the event of judicial liquidation — the form is renamed:

“Social regularity (certificate of vigilance or proof of non-taxable company)” .

History of the application's name:

Before 17/12/2025: Certificate of vigilance (6 months)
Between 17/12/2025 and 26/02/2026: Social regularity
After 02/03/2026: Social compliance (certificate of vigilance or proof of non-taxable company)

During this period, due to the high volume of requests, our support service was not always able to process requests within its usual timeframes.

We are aware of the inconvenience caused and have corrected all the issues.

The entities concerned can now easily complete their files independently.

All the teams at Aprovall apologize to anyone who may have experienced difficulties during this period.

Thank you for your understanding.