This attestation is only required of an entrepreneur married under a community property regime. In a civil partnership, single, or married under separation of property, you have nothing to sign.
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Information verified on October 1, 2026. Document composed from the model published by the French authorities, and dated. It is not legal advice: you remain responsible for the accuracy of what you declare and sign.
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Despite its name, this attestation delivers no information to your spouse: it states that you already have. The single window does not check that the conversation took place, but you sign under your own responsibility, and the day a creditor turns up, that conversation is what counts.
Article 1413 of the French civil code allows either spouse's debts to be pursued against community property: household savings, the joint account, the home bought during the marriage. Article 1414, on the other hand, puts your spouse's own wages and salary beyond your creditors' reach, except for debts incurred to run the household or educate the children.
Article 1415 protects community property against your guarantees and loans: they commit only your own assets and income. Unless your spouse gives their express consent, which is precisely what a bank asks for before granting a business loan. That signature commits far more than the attestation you are filling in here.
Article R. 123-121-1 of the commercial code requires an attestation « drawn up in accordance with a model defined by ministerial order ». That model comes from the order of 4 July 2007, and we reproduce its exact sentence, settling on your behalf the alternatives the original would leave you to strike out by hand.
| Your situation | This attestation |
|---|---|
| Married with no marriage contract | Required |
| Married, contract with community property | Required |
| Married under separation of property | Not applicable |
| Civil partnership or cohabiting | Not applicable |
| Single, widowed or divorced | Not applicable |
A spouse who works regularly in the business owes a different attestation, the one where they choose their status as collaborator, employee or associate. They sign it themselves, and it also covers civil partners and cohabiting partners.
Claire registers as a graphic designer and attaches the attestation to her file without saying anything to Samir. To her, it is just a box to tick.
Two years later she borrows €20,000 for a workstation and software. The bank asks Samir to sign, and he does so without thinking.
The business stops. Without that signature, article 1415 would have left the loan against Claire's own assets and income alone.
The first-year attestation would have changed nothing about the loan. Had Claire really talked it through with Samir, he would have known what his signature committed when the bank asked for it.
Talk to your spouse before signing. That is what the document says you have done.
Fill it in here, sign it, and attach it to your registration formality on the single window.
If your spouse works with you, prepare the other attestation too, the one where they choose their status.
Civil partnership, cohabiting, single, separation of property. The single window will not ask you for this document.
Do not attach it just in case. An irrelevant document in a file slows down its processing.
Do check your regime before concluding, though. Many people believe they are separate as to property when the absence of a contract means the opposite.
You do. The model in the order ends with « Signature of the registered person », meaning the entrepreneur. It is a declaration made under your own responsibility, not a receipt your spouse hands you.
No. Article R. 123-121-1 covers the spouse holding community property, that is a husband or wife married under a community regime. A French civil partnership creates no community property within the meaning of that text, and the single window will not ask you for it.
If you married in France without visiting a notary, you are under the statutory regime, which is a community: the attestation is required of you. If you signed a contract, it carries its own name, separation of property, participation in acquired assets or adjusted community. Your marriage certificate shows whether a contract was signed.
No, and the two are often confused. This one is about debts and community property. The other is the attestation in which your spouse chooses their status, collaborator, employee or associate: they sign it themselves, and it also covers civil partners and cohabiting partners.
Better not to. Article R. 123-121-1 requires a model defined by ministerial order, that of 4 July 2007, and that is the wording registries recognise. We reproduce it word for word, keeping only the branch that matches your regime.
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