New quality certification for subcontracted renovation sales and works

The arrêté du 30 septembre 2026 adds a new Annexe III to the 1 December 2015 qualification rulesLegifrance that condition the crédit d'impôt pour la transition énergétique and the interest-free renovation advances for older homesLegifrance. It covers quality signs for conseil, vente et pose of energy-performance equipment and building materials carried out en sous-traitanceLegifrance: the signs required by the third paragraph of I of article 2 of décret n° 2014-812 du 16 juillet 2014Legifrance, that is the billing principal in a subcontracting chain under article 26 II of loi n° 2025-594 du 30 juin 2025 against benefit fraudLegifrance. A sign in this class satisfies the arrêté where it meets the general requirements for organismes de certification de produits, de procédés et de services plus the Annexe III criteria, for one or more work categories taken from categories 1° to 15°.Legifrance

The certification is awarded after technical examination of the file by a building or renewable-energy expert under the convention signed with the State. The body must require verified technical managers, including for customer advice through the sales process and the offer; a system for logging and resolving complaints and reports; subcontractor monitoring with traceability of each subcontractor's sites; and an advisory, sales and installation service suited to clients' renovation needs. It can cover firms with secondary establishments, franchise networks or cooperatives, every covered entity meeting the requirements. Bodies must ensure balanced governance across trade branches, suppliers, clients and institutions, consult the minister for construction on the référentiel and governance, run confidentiality and data-security procedures, and operate a third-party report procedure that can order extra checks and end in suspension or withdrawal, possibly with a waiting period, including where the firm breaches consumer rules, claims a sign it does not hold or impersonates a public authority.

Applicants prove administrative, tax, legal, social and financial standing: extrait de K bis and Registre national des entreprises number, INSEE registration, URSSAF attestation under three months old, building paid-leave fund proof where due, civil-liability and décennale cover with a four-year claims record at grant or renewal, at least the last two closed financial years with relevant turnover and group ties. Excluded are firms whose manager is banned from managing or convicted within five years of organised crime, corruption, fraud, money laundering or professional misconduct, and firms headquartered where all trade is banned. At least one technical manager per covered work category, per establishment where there are several, proves competence under Annexe I rules.

The subcontracting frame requires advance proof that each subcontractor holds the relevant sign, contracts stating scope, duration, obligations, controls and breach provisions, a current subcontractor register, control sheets and acceptance reports passed down, and an annual summary to the body; the certified firm stays fully responsible for compliance, sizing and quality. Experience means at least two completed-site references per establishment and category over the previous forty-eight months, checked documentarily with direct client sampling. The body audits on site within twenty-four months of grant or renewal across every establishment, keeps an annual malfaçon report, and runs annual follow-up; certificates run four years, are published publicly, and renew with a fresh control. EU/EEA firms supply equivalent documents in French. The order also redirects the body's annual report to the ministers that signed its convention and updates cross-references to the avant-dernier alinéa of 2 of I of article 244 quater U of the code général des impôts. Legal basis: the arrêté du 30 septembre 2026 amending the arrêté du 1er décembre 2015, taken for article 2 of décret n° 2014-812 du 16 juillet 2014.