The Arce is for persons registered with France Travail (formerly Job centers) as a job seeker.

In order to qualify for this scheme, one of the following situations must apply:

• Either be a jobseeker or beneficiary of the return to work (ARE) allowance at the time of takeover or company creation
• Either be an employee without a job: in this case, you have to start or take over a company after the end of his employment contract and have terminated a reclassification leave or to a mobility leave. You have to register as a jobseeker.

The creator or buyer of a company has 2 options :

• Either accumulate each month his self-employed income with a part of his allowance to help him return to work (ARE)
• Either opt for Arce, which corresponds to the payment of part of the ARE duties, as capital.

To benefit from the Arce, the creator or buyer must complete the 3 conditions following:

• Credit Memo created or resumed a company in France after the end of his employment contract
• Benefit from the return to work (ARE) allowance
• Benefit from support for company creators and buyers (Acre), which is a system of partial exemption from social security contributions for 1 year.

The amount of the Arce is equal to 60% of the remaining capital of the rights to the return to work (ARE) allowance.

A deduction from the participation of 3% for the financing of supplementary pensions is applied to the amount of the capital.

France Travail provides a simulator to evaluate the amount of the Arce:

Know the France Travail aids to the creation or recovery of company

The Arce payment is made in two stages:

• One 1^er payment, equal to half aid, is carried out when the activity begins.
• One 2^nd payoutt intervenes 6 months after the date of the first payment.
  To benefit from this second payment, 2 conditions must be completed:
  
  • Demonstrate that theself-employment still exists, by means of any documentary evidence (in particular a certificate of honor or any other document requested by France Travail).
  • Not to be employed on a full-time permanent employment contract (CDI). This condition must be justified by a certificate on the honor of not having a full-time CDI job. It is also verified by France Travail using data from the DSN.

To obtain Arce, the jobseeker must:

• Fill out an Arce application with France Travail (formerly Job center)
• Provide France Travail with proof of the creation or takeover of a company under the Acre scheme. This can be a proof of registration in the National Register of companies (RNE) or a extract K or K-bis whether the company is engaged in a commercial activity

Proof of registration in the RNE may be obtained in one of the following ways:

Company Directory: Find all the information in a company

Search for a company registration document

In the event of the cessation of the activity set up after the second payment of the Arce, it is possible to benefit from a resumption of the ARE allowance. Indeed, the amount of the Arce is 60% ARE rights. So he stays 40% ARE rights.

To be eligible for ARE again, it is necessary to re-register as a jobseeker. The ARE is paid again after a delay (i.e. a delay) has been applied. This delay corresponds to the number of allowances received during the 2nd installment of the Arce.

You must contact your France Travail advisor for more details or consult the France Travail website.