diff --git a/Export/ExportManager.php b/Export/ExportManager.php
index 143e739de..35010b827 100644
--- a/Export/ExportManager.php
+++ b/Export/ExportManager.php
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ class ExportManager
         
         /* @var $formatter Formatter\CSVFormatter */
         $formatter = $this->getFormatter($this->getFormatterAlias($data));
-        $filters = array();
+        $filtersData = array();
         $aggregatorsData = array();
         
         if ($query instanceof QueryBuilder) {
@@ -440,12 +440,18 @@ class ExportManager
             }
         }
         
+        $filters = $this->retrieveUsedFilters($data[ExportType::FILTER_KEY]);
+        
+        foreach($filters as $alias => $filter) {
+            $filtersData[$alias] = $data[ExportType::FILTER_KEY][$alias]['form'];
+        }
+        
         return $formatter->getResponse(
               $result, 
               $formatterData, 
               $exportAlias, 
               $data[ExportType::EXPORT_KEY],
-              $filters, 
+              $filtersData, 
               $aggregatorsData);
     }
     
diff --git a/Export/FilterInterface.php b/Export/FilterInterface.php
index 249be24d4..b644ae8a7 100644
--- a/Export/FilterInterface.php
+++ b/Export/FilterInterface.php
@@ -33,5 +33,38 @@ namespace Chill\MainBundle\Export;
  */
 interface FilterInterface extends ModifierInterface
 {
+    
+    const STRING_FORMAT = 'string';
+    
+    /**
+     * Describe the filtering action.
+     * 
+     * The description will be inserted in report to remains to the user the 
+     * filters applyied on this report.
+     * 
+     * Should return a statement about the filtering action, like : 
+     * "filtering by date: from xxxx-xx-xx to xxxx-xx-xx" or 
+     * "filtering by nationality: only Germany, France"
+     * 
+     * The format will be determined by the $format. Currently, only 'string' is
+     * supported, later some 'html' will be added. The filter should always 
+     * implement the 'string' format and fallback to it if other format are used.
+     * 
+     * If no i18n is necessery, or if the filter translate the string by himself,
+     * this function should return a string. If the filter does not do any translation,
+     * the return parameter should be an array, where 
+     * 
+     * - the first element is the string, 
+     * - and the second an array of parameters (may be an empty array)
+     * - the 3rd the domain (optional)
+     * - the 4th the locale (optional)
+     * 
+     * Example: `array('my string with %parameter%', ['%parameter%' => 'good news'], 'mydomain', 'mylocale')`
+     * 
+     * @param array $data
+     * @param string $format the format
+     * @return string|array a string with the data or, if translatable, an array where first element is string, second elements is an array of arguments
+     */
+    public function describeAction($data, $format = 'string');
 
 }
diff --git a/Export/Formatter/CSVFormatter.php b/Export/Formatter/CSVFormatter.php
index ae3347c28..589c0cad0 100644
--- a/Export/Formatter/CSVFormatter.php
+++ b/Export/Formatter/CSVFormatter.php
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ class CSVFormatter implements FormatterInterface
     
     protected $aggregatorsData;
     
+    protected $filtersData;
+    
     protected $labels;
     
     /**
@@ -133,14 +135,6 @@ class CSVFormatter implements FormatterInterface
         ));
     }
     
-    /**
-     * 
-     * @param mixed $result
-     * @param mixed $data
-     * @param \Chill\MainBundle\Export\ExportInterface $export
-     * @param \Chill\MainBundle\Export\FilterInterface[] $filters
-     * @param \Chill\MainBundle\Export\AggregatorInterface[] $aggregators
-     */
     public function getResponse(
           $result, 
           $formatterData, 
@@ -157,6 +151,7 @@ class CSVFormatter implements FormatterInterface
         $this->exportData = $exportData;
         $this->aggregatorsData = $aggregatorsData;
         $this->labels = $this->gatherLabels();
+        $this->filtersData = $filtersData;
         
         $response = new Response();
         $response->setStatusCode(200);
@@ -223,6 +218,13 @@ class CSVFormatter implements FormatterInterface
         //blank line
         fputcsv($output, array(""));
         
+        // add filtering description
+        foreach($this->gatherFiltersDescriptions() as $desc) {
+            fputcsv($output, array($desc));
+        }
+        // blank line
+        fputcsv($output, array(""));
+        
         // iterate on result to : 1. populate row headers, 2. populate column headers, 3. add result
         foreach ($results as $row) {
             $rowHeaders = array_slice($row, 0, $rowKeysNb);
@@ -434,4 +436,32 @@ class CSVFormatter implements FormatterInterface
         return $labels;
     }
     
+    public function gatherFiltersDescriptions()
+    {
+        $descriptions = array();
+        
+        foreach($this->filtersData as $key => $filterData) {
+            
+            $statement = $this->exportManager
+                    ->getFilter($key)
+                    ->describeAction($filterData);
+            
+            if ($statement === null) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            
+            if (is_array($statement)) {
+                $descriptions[] = $this->translator->trans(
+                        $statement[0], 
+                        $statement[1],
+                        isset($statement[2]) ? $statement[2] : null,
+                        isset($statement[3]) ? $statement[3] : null);
+            } else {
+                $descriptions[] = $statement;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        return $descriptions;
+    }
+    
 }