Qualiopi 2026 timeline: the dates of the move to the 33-indicator framework

The move of the Qualiopi framework from 32 to 33 indicators is dated with unusual precision: a decree signed on 1 August 2026, published on 4 August, applicable on 1 November. Three months of transition, not one more. Here is the complete timeline — regulatory dates, the effect on your audit depending on its date, and the month-by-month work plan. For the content of the changes themselves, see our overview indicator by indicator.

The three regulatory dates

Date	Event	Effect
1 August 2026	Signature of decree n° 2026-728	The text replacing the annex of decree n° 2019-565 is enacted
4 August 2026	Publication in the Official Journal (JORF n° 0180)	The text is enforceable; the compliance countdown starts
1 November 2026	Entry into force	Every audit conducted from this date is assessed against the 33 indicators

Two important clarifications, confirmed by the text and detailed in our analysis of the decree:

• The date that matters is the audit’s, not the certificate’s: a valid certificate is not called into question on 1 November — it is the next audit that switches to the new framework;
• No tolerance period has been announced beyond 1 November: auditors will check the new requirements from the very first audits conducted under the new regime.

Your situation depending on your next audit date

Audit scheduled before 1 November 2026. It runs against the current 32-indicator framework: nothing changes for that deadline. It is even a favourable window — you pass the audit on a text you master, then have a full cycle to integrate the new requirements before the following audit.

Audit scheduled from 1 November 2026. The auditor will check compliance with the new text: strengthened indicator 12 for everyone, indicators 14, 15, and 33 for CFAs, and the reworded cross-cutting requirements (verifiable communication, distance-learning traceability, subcontracting, risk analysis). New gaps are handled like any non-conformity — our article on the indicators carrying major non-conformities recaps the mechanics.

Candidate for initial certification. An initial audit conducted from 1 November bears directly on the 33 indicators: build your documentation system on the new framework from the start rather than preparing a text at the end of its life.

The work plan, month by month

The August–October window is short but sufficient if sequenced. That sequencing is not cosmetic: research on dropout prevention in vocational training shows that structured, institution-level programmes are what produce effects, not improvised measures — see the study by Andersen, Rod, Holmberg et al. (2018, BMC Psychology, 10,190 students followed over two years) — exactly the logic behind the new indicators 12 and 14.

August 2026 — read and map. Read the decree, identify the indicators that concern you (continuing training only, or CFA), and list the gap between your current evidence and the new requirements. Our indicator-by-indicator overview serves as the reading grid.

September 2026 — produce the new documents. The core of the work: formalise the reporting channel for violence, harassment, and discrimination with a designated contact person (indicator 12, all categories of activity); for CFAs, build the tool for teaching evaluation by apprentices (indicator 33) and check the information channel for minors and the communication of the apprenticeship mediator’s contact details (indicator 15).

October 2026 — tighten the cross-cutting evidence. Check the accuracy of the figures and promises displayed on your website and sales materials; update the distance-learning follow-up evidence, subcontracting agreements, and the link between the risk assessment document and the quality risk analysis; document each adjustment in the corrective action plan.

1 November 2026 — switch. The new framework applies to any audit conducted from this date. Your regulatory watch (indicators 23-24-25) must record that the decree has been taken into account: that record is expected evidence in itself.

And after 2026?

The pace of obligations does not stop on 1 November: 2026-2027 is also the period of the CPF and apprenticeship control priorities and of the implementing texts of the anti-fraud law. Integrating the new framework into your quality system now means avoiding a pile-up of projects just as controls intensify.

Take action

The Complete Kit Certif (€297, 14-day guarantee, documents in French) provides model procedures and evidence tables for the current 32 indicators. It follows the framework that applies until 31 October 2026 (32 indicators): for an audit from 1 November, add the changes made by decree no. 2026-728. Just starting? The ebook “Créer son organisme de formation en 30 jours” (€67) lays the groundwork from day one, and the full Pack (€347) combines both resources.