The 'CHAPRO' file lists the employees declared as at 1 March of the current fiscal year and taken into account by the Social Security Centre (Centre commun de la sécurité sociale - CCSS) for the collection of Chamber of Employees contributions.
The 'CHAPRO' file is sent automatically by the CCSS:
- in May to allow the employer to check the data in question and indicate any errors no later than 30 June of the current fiscal year, by submitting an amended declaration of entry or exit form ('DECAFF' procedure). After this date, the employer will be personally liable for the payment of the contribution for each employee listed in the file. Once any adjustments have been made, the Chamber of Employees contributions due will be claimed on the account statement for July;
- in July for information on the breakdown of 'Chamber' contributions invoiced on the CCSS account statement.
CHAPRO file specifications
- The file is an uncompressed, ASCII-coded text file;
- Fields are separated by a semicolon (;);
- Each record ends with a carriage-return (0D hex) and a line-feed (0A hex).
File name on receipt by SOFiE
CHAPRO.xxxx_yyyy_zzzz.dta
xxxx = employer registration number of the SECUline member
yyyy = SECUline number
zzzz = time stamp