Temps Partagé

What Temps Partagé does

Temps Partagé is the public-facing name of ADCSTP (Association de Défense des Consommateurs de Semaines en Temps Partagé), a French non-profit consumer defense association (association loi 1901) founded in 1994 and headquartered at 2 place Beaumarchais, 38130 Échirolles. The organization defends individuals and shareholders trapped in French timeshare arrangements (SCI and SA structures) governed by the loi du 6-1-1986, who face perpetual charge obligations, fraudulent management practices, and aggressive debt collection by operators — primarily Pierre et Vacances, Clubhotel Multivacances (CHMV), and SGRT. ADCSTP's functional offering consists of free information resources (model letters for suspending charges, legal guidance, a public blacklist of international fraudsters), voluntary membership (adhésion) with financial contribution, and coordinated legal action including complaints to the Procureur de la République, support for SA/SCI dissolutions, and referral to an affiliated lawyer and Maître Santoni.

The association operates with approximately 15 staff members under President AM Chartier and board member Bernard Côté, and is funded solely by voluntary member contributions. It does not sell commercial products, charge subscription fees, or earn revenue from services rendered. Its distribution channels are a content website (tempspartage.org), a Google Groups mailing list for member updates, and word-of-mouth within shareholder collectives — most prominently the Bellecôte La Plagne group, whose 2022 dissolution vote and 2024 liquidation (with €420/share distributed to shareholders) is the association's signature outcome. ADCSTP also pursues an active regulatory and litigation agenda, with multiple ongoing complaints against timeshare operators, their representatives, and process servers, and maintains jurisdiction-spanning intelligence on timeshare fraud schemes in Spain, Morocco, Greece, and other markets.

Name

Temps Partagé

Legal name

Association de Défense des Consommateurs de Semaines en Temps Partagé

Website

https://tempspartage.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Temps Partagé (ADCSTP) is a French non-profit consumer defense association founded in 1994 that advocates for timeshare victims and shareholders trapped in French SCI/SA arrangements, providing legal guidance, model charge-suspension letters, and collective action against operators such as Pierre et Vacances and SGRT.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Echirolles

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership contributions: The association relies on voluntary membership fees (adhésion) from shareholders and timeshare victims to fund its operations. Registration for information access is free; financial contributions support ongoing advocacy, legal actions, and organizational activities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ADCSTP is a non-profit consumer defense association that advocates for timeshare shareholders and victims in France. It provides free model letters for suspending timeshare charges, legal guidance and referrals through an affiliated lawyer, public blacklists of known fraudsters, and coordinates shareholder resistance and dissolution campaigns against timeshare SCI/SA companies (notably Pierre et Vacances, Clubhotel Multivacances, and SGRT entities). Its overarching stated project is the complete liquidation of the timeshare model in France.

Product overview

Temps Partagé (ADCSTP - Association de Défense des Consommateurs de Semaines en Temps Partagé) is a non-profit consumer advocacy organization founded in 1994, not a commercial product company. The organization provides consumer protection services related to timeshare fraud, legal information about French timeshare law (loi du 6-1-1986), model letter templates for suspending timeshare charges, a newsletter via Google Groups, and resources tracking fraud schemes in Spain, Morocco, and other countries. The association operates primarily through its website at tempspartage.org and does not offer commercial software products or technology services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Timeshare charge suspension model letters
• Affiliated legal representation and referrals
• ADCSTP Membership (Adhésion)
• International fraudster blacklist and scam tracking
• Timeshare SCI/SA dissolution campaign coordination

Quantifiable outcome

• Supported the dissolution of SA La Plagne Bellecôte, a Pierre et Vacances timeshare company, with a liquidation completed around 2024.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Collectif des actionnaires de Bellecôte (Bellecôte shareholder collective)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerADCSTP works closely with organized shareholder collectives at specific timeshare companies, such as the Bellecôte La Plagne shareholder group, to coordinate resistance campaigns, share legal strategies, and pursue dissolution of SA/SCI timeshare entities. The collective provides shared legal representation and coordinates shareholder votes.
• Avocate (Lawyer) of ADCSTPcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerADCSTP maintains an affiliated lawyer (referred to as 'notre avocate') who handles legal interventions on behalf of shareholders, including letters to liquidators, responses to bailiffs, and court proceedings. The lawyer practices at modest rates for association members.
• Maître SantoniminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAn attorney referenced as working alongside ADCSTP in certain legal cases, including proceedings related to SCI Regency and shareholder rights cases.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Timeshare Users Group (TUG): A US-based consumer advocacy group for timeshare owners, providing education, exit resources, and scam warnings. It is the closest international functional peer to ADCSTP, sharing the same mission of defending timeshare owners against industry abuse, though operating in a different legal and geographic context.

Others

• European Consumer Centres Network (ECC-Net): An EU-funded network that helps consumers resolve cross-border disputes, including timeshare-related ones against operators in Spain and elsewhere. ECC-Net is comparable as an institutional resource ADCSTP members could be referred to for cross-border redress, though it is not a direct competitor.

Broad incumbents

• UFC-Que Choisir: The largest French consumer advocacy association, defending consumer rights across all verticals. It is comparable as a French consumer-protection membership organization but operates at vastly greater scale and across all product categories, not specializing in timeshare.
• Institut National de la Consommation (INC): France's national consumer institute publishing '60 Millions de Consommateurs.' Comparable as a French consumer-information and advocacy entity, but state-affiliated and focused on general consumer issues rather than timeshare defense.
• CLCV (Consommation, Logement et Cadre de Vie): A long-standing French consumer association defending consumer rights in housing, health, and contracts. It shares ADCSTP's French non-profit consumer-defense DNA but addresses broad issues rather than the niche timeshare vertical.
• 60 Millions de Consommateurs: The consumer magazine and information arm of INC. It is comparable as a French consumer-information publisher and advocate but covers all verticals rather than specializing in timeshare victim defense.

Regional players

• Maison de la Consommation et de l'Environnement (MCE): A French regional consumer association based in western France that aggregates member associations (including CLCV and other consumer groups). It is comparable as a French consumer-defense membership organization but serves a regional scope and broad consumer mandate, not timeshare specialization.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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