The AFICPAR is a non-profit-making association (1901 law) whose aim is to bring together its members, particularly with a view to clarifying certain ethical and technical principles.
- To bring together certified French-speaking inspectors,
- To see to circulation of technical information on a permanent basis, to its members and all interested parties,
- To ensure the setting up of a portal for the exchange of information available to its members on the site of the association,
- To liaise with French and foreign organisations specialised in fields which interest its members,
- To gather together or help with studies and research and to distribute the resulting knowledge,
- To organise seminars or conferences on topical subjects, possibly in collaboration with other associations,
- To inform its members and all interested parties of progress made or new elements intervening in the domain,
- To collaborate with French and foreign organisations interested in the field and the French or foreign industrial and commercial companies to make known the certified inspectors and the principles to which they conform both from a technical and an ethical standpoint,
- To defend the moral interests of its members and to help them by all legal means and in accordance with its principles,
- Promote the European and international dimensions of certified inspectors.