The invention concerns a method for microencapsulation of an active principle by coacervation which consists in controlled desolvation or coacervation of a polymer dissolved in an organic solvent containing said active principle, said coacervation being induced by adding a non-solvent causing the polymer to be deposited at the surface of the active principle, and by hardening the polymer deposit by adding a hardening agent, said hardening being leading to the formation of a continuous film coating the active principle. The invention is characterised in that the solvent is selected among ethyl acetate, N-methylpyrrolidone, methylethylacetone and acetic acid. The non-solvent is advantageously an alcohol comprising two to five carbon atoms and the hardening agent being for instance selected among water, alcohols comprising four carbon atoms and mixtures thereof.
