What are these documents for?
The process in short
- Create your account on the one-stop shop, then « Créer une entreprise » → entrepreneur individuel.
- Fill in the declaration (activity, address, tax and social security options).
- At the Pièces justificatives step, section « Identité de l’entreprise » then « Représentant ou mandataire », upload one PDF per document: those generated here, plus your ID (photo → PDF).
- Sign the online declaration electronically and validate. Your SIREN number is then sent to you by e-mail.
What is not generated
- Your ID: copy of both sides of a valid identity card, passport or residence permit. A sharp photo is enough: our Photo → PDF tool puts the front and back on the same page.
- Proof of address in your name (bill, rent receipt, tax notice less than 3 months old): a document you already have.
- If you are married: a copy of the marriage certificate less than 3 months old or of the family record book (PACS certificate for a civil partner who works with you).
- If your spouse or civil partner works in the business (collaborator, employee or partner): the sworn statement of the spouse’s status (official template), a copy of their ID and, often requested, their declaration of no criminal conviction (our template 04, filled in with their name).
Good habits
- Write your surname, first names and address exactly as in the online declaration.
- Statements must be dated less than 3 months before submission.
- One document = one readable PDF file, without blank pages.
- For declaration 04, INPI asks for an original signature: if in doubt, print it, sign with a pen and scan it.
- Each template links to its official source: a quick look is enough to check it is still up to date.
- The documents to upload are in French. On this site, you can also download a bilingual version to understand what you sign; only the French version is legally binding.
Document by document
00 List of documents to provide Checklist
When? For you: a checklist of everything the one-stop shop will ask for.
Not to be uploaded. It sums up the documents of the « Identité de l'entreprise » then « Représentant ou mandataire » sections, in the order the website asks for them, with the number of the template to use. It includes the spouse documents: proof of marriage or civil partnership and, if your spouse works with you, the official statement of their status, their ID and their declaration of no criminal conviction.
01 Sworn statement of no criminal conviction and of parentage Mandatory
When? Always. It is the document « Attestation de non-condamnation faisant apparaître la filiation ».
You declare on your honour that you have no conviction banning you from running a business, and you give the names of your parents. The court registry uses it to check the register of people banned from managing a business.
Not published by the National Business Register (RNE).
🏛️ Official template: declaration of no criminal conviction and parentage
02 Proof of accommodation (proof of address) If someone hosts you
When? Only if you register the business at home but no bill is in your name (you live with a relative, a friend, a partner…).
The usual proof is a document in your name less than 3 months old, at the same address: energy or internet bill, rent receipt, tax notice, home insurance. If you have one, upload it directly. Otherwise, this template is signed by the person who hosts you; attach their ID and a proof of address in their name (less than 3 months old).
03 Statement of information given to the spouse (community property) If married under community property
When? Only if you are married under a community property regime (the default regime, without a marriage contract, is one).
It proves that your spouse was told that your business debts may affect the couple's common property. Signed by both of you. Attach a copy of the marriage certificate less than 3 months old or of the family record book. Not concerned if you are in a civil partnership (PACS), living together, single or married under separation of property.
Freely published by the RNE: it is public.
🏛️ Official template: statement of information given to the spouse (community property)
🏛️ Légifrance: annex 1-2 of the Commercial Code (statement template)
04 Sworn declaration of no criminal conviction Mandatory
When? Always. The one-stop shop asks for a declaration « dated and signed in original ».
Close to template 01, without the parentage. INPI insists on an original signature: the safest way is to print this document, sign it with a pen and scan it (or photograph it, see the Photo → PDF tool). You can ask the generator to leave the signature blank on this document.
Not published by the RNE.
🏛️ Official template: declaration of no criminal conviction and parentage
05 Statement of parentage Recommended
When? Optional if you upload template 01, but attaching it sometimes avoids a request for correction.
It only gives the names and first names of your parents.
Not published by the RNE.
🏛️ Official template: declaration of no criminal conviction and parentage
06 Power of attorney for the representative If someone does it for you
When? Only if another person (relative, accountant, agency…) fills in and submits the file for you.
It gives the representative power for the business creation formality only. Signed by you (« Bon pour pouvoir ») and by the representative (« Bon pour acceptation »).
Not published by the RNE.