#2026-560New account rules for France’s energy savings certificate registry
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The decree tightens the rules for opening and managing accounts in France’s national energy savings certificate registry. Companies and associations that are not among the main legally listed energy savings certificate actors must now send recent documents proving their financial standing, legal compliance, minimum capital or own funds, and a physical establishment in France. If any required document is missing, the registry operator must refuse the account opening request by email. Existing account holders must report relevant changes within one month, and the registry operator can request updated documents at any time. Records must be kept for up to six years after the account is closed.
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Key Changes
- Requires certain applicants to provide recent financial, legal, capital, and France-based establishment documents before opening a registry account
- Makes missing documents a ground for automatic refusal of an account opening request
- Requires account holders to report changes within one month and allows the registry operator to request updated documents at any time
Obligations
What this law requires
When applying to open an account in the national energy savings certificate registry, applicants other than the entities listed in Article L.221-7(1° to 6°) must email the registry operator documents less than three months old proving they are not subject to safeguard proceedings and are not in judicial reorganisation or liquidation.
When applying to open a registry account, covered applicants must email documents less than three months old proving that their manager and beneficial owner satisfy the required legal compliance conditions under Article L.123-11-3 of the Commercial Code, including an equivalent criminal-record document for persons not resident in France where applicable.
When applying to open a registry account, covered applicants must use the sworn-statement template published on the website of the ministry responsible for energy to prove compliance with the condition set out in Article L.123-11-3(II)(5°) of the Commercial Code.
When applying to open a registry account, covered applicants must email the registry operator public-procurement certificates referred to in Article R.2143-7 of the Public Procurement Code, dated less than three months old.
When applying to open a registry account, covered corporate applicants must email documents less than three months old proving share capital of at least €100,000; associations under the Law of 1 July 1901 must provide the latest closed financial-year accounts proving own funds without right of recovery of at least €100,000.