The result of a quality approach initiated by the Ministry for Higher Education and Research, the Ministry for Culture and the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, the certification aims to identify, recognise and promote French foreign language centres whose language teaching and services present assurances of quality.
The Qualité français langue étrangère certification is the result of a quality assurance approach on the part of three French ministries.
The scope of the certification covers French language training courses, with the exception of teacher and trainer training courses.
The decree that created the Qualité français langue étrangère certification was published in the Official Journal of the French Republic on 28 December 2007.