The Alur law training refers to the mandatory continuing education imposed on real estate professionals since the law of March 24, 2014, for Access to Housing and Renovated Urban Planning. Each holder of a professional card must justify 42 hours of training over three years (i.e., 14 hours per year) to obtain the renewal of their card from the CCI. Without a compliant certificate, the chamber of commerce refuses the renewal, which completely prohibits practice.
LCB-FT Training and Alur Law: Two Distinct Obligations Not to Be Confused
Since decree No. 2026-310 of April 24, 2026, a specific training obligation related to the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism (LCB-FT) has been added to the Alur framework. This training falls under the monetary and financial code, not the Alur law itself.
Confusion is common because both frameworks target the same audience. Anyone involved in the LCB-FT processes of a real estate firm, whether or not they hold a professional card, must undergo this dedicated training. This includes negotiators, managers, support functions, and even some external service providers involved in Tracfin compliance.
In practice, agencies must organize two distinct training paths: the Alur cycle for card renewal, and the LCB-FT module for anti-money laundering compliance. An organization that would propose to combine the two under the sole label “Alur training” would be committing a regulatory error. To find all the details on Alur law real estate training, the respective scopes of each obligation are presented on a case-by-case basis.
Professional Real Estate Card: Who Must Take the Alur Training
The obligation primarily concerns holders of a professional card: real estate agents (T card for transactions), property managers, and condominium syndics (G card for management). Without validated training, the CCI blocks the renewal.
Non-cardholding employees are also targeted. Employee negotiators and commercial agents must adhere to the same hourly volume. Their employer or their mandating network is responsible for ensuring that each employee has their training certificate up to date.
Case of Agency Directors and Partners
A director of a secondary establishment operating under the main holder’s card remains subject to the obligation. Partners of an operating SCI who participate in transaction or management acts are also included. The criterion is not the legal status but the actual exercise of a regulated activity.
Training Themes Accepted by the CCI Under the Alur Law
Training hours are validated only if they relate to areas directly linked to real estate activity. The CCI checks thematic coherence before renewing the card.
- Ethics and responsibility of the real estate agent, including the rules of the code of ethics published by decree
- Property management, co-ownership, and property administration, including recent legislative developments
- Real estate transactions, urban planning, taxation applicable to transfers and rental income
- Non-discrimination in access to housing, a module that has become recurrent in training catalogs
Training must be provided by a registered organization, and since the strengthening of the Qualiopi reference framework scheduled for November 2026, controls on the pedagogical quality of organizations will become stricter. An organization not certified by Qualiopi will no longer be able to issue a valid certificate.
How to Verify the Validity of a Certificate
The certificate mentions the name of the organization, its registration number, the actual duration of the training, the covered theme, and the date of completion. An incomplete certificate or one issued by a non-registered organization will be rejected by the CCI during the renewal process.
Sanctions for Non-Compliance with Alur Training
The direct sanction is the refusal to renew the professional card. Without a valid card, a professional who continues to practice exposes themselves to criminal prosecution for illegal practice of a regulated activity.
For an agency employing several negotiators, the risk is also organizational. If an employee cannot justify their hours, it is the cardholder who bears the responsibility. The centralized tracking of certificates is a human resources management issue, not just an individual compliance matter.
Mandating networks are particularly exposed: with hundreds of independent commercial agents spread across the territory, the traceability of training requires a dedicated management tool. A simple spreadsheet is no longer sufficient when the workforce exceeds a few dozen people.
Remote Alur Training: What Changes with the New Qualiopi Reference Framework
The majority of professionals now take their Alur training online, in asynchronous e-learning. The new Qualiopi reference framework, which comes into effect on November 1, 2026, imposes stricter criteria on training organizations.
Points of vigilance focus on the traceability of progress (time spent, completion rates, evaluation results) and on the alignment between the declared program and the content actually delivered. An organization that offers 14 hours of training that can be completed in a few clicks without serious evaluation risks losing its certification.
For the professional, this means checking the Qualiopi status of the organization before registering. A training course taken with a delisted provider will have no value at the time of renewal, even if the certificate was issued before the delisting.
Thus, the choice of the training organization is not trivial. Beyond the price, the sustainability of the provider’s certification directly conditions the validity of the hours accumulated by each employee.