Attachment procedure

French legislation requires you to have a tax address. If you are over 16 years of age and that you currently do not have a permanent residence or had not have a permanent residence for more than 6 months, you must be "attached" to a municipality or an approved association.

This "attachment procedure" allows you to have an administrative address to assert your rights and benefit from social security benefits legally.

In accordance with Article 2 of Decree No. 55-1397 of 22 October 1955, as amended, the affiliation with a tax address of homeless persons is intended for :

• itinerant persons
• persons hosted by friends or a family member
• people switching from one accommodation to another.

The attachment request can be made :

• either at a municipality for persons of French nationality. This attachment is useful for all procedures regarding civil status, civil rights, taxation, registration in the Commercial Register and social security bodies. Once they have completed these procedures, these persons normally hold a "traffic booklet" (special booklet) in the event of itinerant commercial activity, or a "traffic diary" in other cases.
• or with an approved association. Homeless persons, French or foreigners with a residence permit, may be registered in an approved host organization (including the list fixed by the prefecture). These organizations or associations must be able to submit proof of agreement confirming that they are entitled to receive declarations of registration. Registration with an association not included in the pre-established list remains possible, particularly where that body is part of an organization recognised nationally by the public authorities (e. g. the Red Cross).
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The request for registered address must be addressed to the Centre Communal Social Action or to the approved body. The CCAS may refuse to register an applicant if this person has no connection with the chosen municipality, provided that the decision is explained. Other organizations can not refuse a registration, except as provided for in their accreditation agreement.

The registration shall be granted for a period of one year, renewable. It can also end:

• at the request of the beneficiary
• or when it has found a sustainable housing solution
• when he or she has not presented himself or herself to the organization that has submitted the certificate for more than 3 consecutive months (unless he or she is absent for professional or health reasons).

Although being an official address, the town hall or the home association has no obligation to keep or forward your mail. From then on, you can use the services of Ubidoca to obtain a postal address and receive your mail and parcels. These can be received daily at our premises and be sent back to you (after scanning and uploading in your Customer Space) to the address of your choice, in France or abroad, to a third party or a hotel, camping, etc.

Legislation:

• Law No. 69-3 of 3 January 1969on the exercise of itinerant activities and the regime applicable to persons travelling in France without domicile or fixed residence)
• Decree No. 70-708 of 31 July 1970 implementing Title I and certain provisions of Title II of Title II of Act No. 69-3 of 3 January 1969 on the exercise of itinerant activities and the regime applicable to persons travelling in France without domicile or fixed residence
• Circular N°DGAS/MAS/2008/70 of 25 February 2008on registered address of people who are homeless stable