France's Approved E-Invoicing Platforms (PA) Compared: How to Choose (2026)
Short answer: in France, e-invoices between businesses and e-reporting data can only travel through a Plateforme Agréée (PA), a private provider registered by the tax authority (DGFiP). These platforms used to be called PDPs. On 26 October 2026, the official list named 155 of them. There is no free public alternative for business invoices. Most foreign companies with no French establishment don’t need a platform at all, or need one only for e-reporting.
This guide is for English-speaking teams that have to pick one: a foreign company with a French VAT number, or the international finance team of a French subsidiary. For the rules themselves (dates, formats, penalties), start with E-invoicing in France.
Do you even need a platform?
Section titled “Do you even need a platform?”Check before you shop around: our France e-invoicing checker tells you in about a minute whether you need a platform at all.
| Your situation | Need a PA? | For what | From when |
|---|---|---|---|
| French company (including a French subsidiary of a foreign group) | Yes | Receiving e-invoices now, issuing them on your size calendar, and e-reporting | Receiving since 1 September 2026. Issuing from 2026 (large and mid-sized) or 1 September 2027 (SMEs and micro-businesses) |
| Foreign company with a French branch or VAT fixed establishment | Yes | Same as a French company | Same as a French company |
| Foreign company, no French VAT number | No | Nothing | |
| Foreign company with all French sales declared through OSS or IOSS | No | OSS and IOSS sales are out of e-reporting | |
| Foreign company, French VAT number, selling to French consumers from stock in France | Yes, for e-reporting only | Daily B2C totals | 1 September 2027 for SMEs, 1 September 2026 for large and mid-sized groups |
| Foreign company selling only to French VAT-registered businesses under the reverse charge | Usually no | Your French customer reports the purchase | |
| Foreign company buying goods or services where it self-accounts for French VAT | Yes, for e-reporting only | Invoice-level purchase data | 1 September 2027, whatever your size |
| Selling to French public bodies | No PA needed | Use Chorus Pro, which is free | Already mandatory |
Size for a foreign company is measured on the whole legal entity, worldwide. Non-established businesses don’t need a directory entry to e-report. For the full analysis, see French e-invoicing for foreign companies.
What a Plateforme Agréée is
Section titled “What a Plateforme Agréée is”A PA is, in the DGFiP’s words, “a dematerialisation operator registered by the State”. It does four jobs:
- Sends and receives e-invoices between French businesses, in UBL, CII or Factur-X
- Extracts invoice data and passes it to the tax authority
- Sends e-reporting data for consumer sales, international sales and purchases, and service payments
- Keeps the central directory up to date for its customers, and exchanges invoice statuses (received, rejected, paid)
Why it used to be called a PDP
Section titled “Why it used to be called a PDP”The original legislation, passed between 2020 and 2022, called these providers plateformes de dématérialisation partenaires (PDP). The 2026 Finance Law renamed them in the tax code, and decree no. 2026-677 of 27 July 2026 carried the new name through the regulations. Nothing changed in substance: a platform registered as a PDP is now a PA. You’ll still see “PDP” in software marketing, search results and older guides, and in the names of some platforms on the official list.
What registration (immatriculation) involves
Section titled “What registration (immatriculation) involves”The DGFiP’s application guide for platforms (updated 10 December 2025) and the rules for the “Plateforme agréée” quality mark set out what a candidate must provide. The main points:
| Requirement | Detail |
|---|---|
| ISO/IEC 27001 certification | Valid, covering the systems that issue, send and receive invoices and data. A certification in progress, or another standard, is not accepted |
| SecNumCloud | If the platform uses an outside hosting provider, that provider needs the French cybersecurity agency’s SecNumCloud qualification |
| EU data commitment | The platform must run its systems from the EU and not transfer data outside it |
| GDPR security file | How personal data is protected |
| Technical files | How invoices and data are sent and received, user authentication, and the secure communication protocol |
| Directory commitment | A promise to keep its customers’ entries in the central directory up to date |
| Interoperability tests | Live tests with the public portal (PPF) and with at least one other platform. Final registration only comes after these pass |
| Compliance audit | An independent audit report within one year of registration |
| Term | Three years, renewable. The renewal file is due in the five months before expiry |
Two practical takeaways. A PA has passed real security and connection tests, so you don’t need to re-check that yourself. And registration is time-limited, so it’s fair to ask a platform when its number was issued.
PA vs OD vs “solution compatible”
Section titled “PA vs OD vs “solution compatible””You’ll see three terms:
| Term | What it means | Can it send to the tax authority? |
|---|---|---|
| Plateforme Agréée (PA) | A provider registered by the DGFiP | Yes |
| Opérateur de dématérialisation (OD) | Any invoice-processing provider. A PA is an OD that has been registered. The DGFiP uses “OD” for candidates and unregistered providers | No, unless it is registered |
| Solution compatible | Invoicing, accounting, ERP, till or banking software that carries the DGFiP’s “solution compatible” label because it is connected to at least one PA | No. It must go through its connected PA |
The DGFiP’s presentation of the two logos says it plainly: a compatible solution is not registered, so it can neither send invoices to the tax authority nor act as the official channel for transaction or payment data.
What this means for you: you don’t have to sign directly with a PA. If your ERP, billing tool or accounting software is a compatible solution, it connects you to its partner PA. But your legal choice of platform is the PA, and it’s the PA that appears against your company in the directory. Ask your software provider which PA it uses.
The public portal (PPF) is no longer a free option
Section titled “The public portal (PPF) is no longer a free option”The original plan included a free public invoicing platform, the Portail Public de Facturation (PPF), for businesses that didn’t want a private provider. That was dropped in October 2024. The DGFiP now describes the system as resting on “a network of private platforms registered by the State”.
| The PPF does | The PPF does not |
|---|---|
| Run the central directory (annuaire), which lists every business in scope, its PA and its invoicing addresses | Issue, send or receive invoices for you |
| Act as the data concentrator that collects invoice and e-reporting data from the platforms and passes it to the tax authority | Offer a web form to type in invoices |
| Accept e-reporting directly from businesses |
For invoices to the French public sector, Chorus Pro remains the free platform, as it has been since 2020. See the PPF section of our France guide for more.
The official list of approved platforms
Section titled “The official list of approved platforms”The DGFiP publishes the list on impots.gouv.fr: Je consulte la liste des plateformes agréées. It comes as ODS, XLSX and PDF files, in two parts:
| List | What it means | Count on 26 October 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Operators meeting every condition, including interoperability tests | Registered platforms you can use | 155 |
| Operators with a complete application, awaiting final registration | Still need to pass the live interoperability tests | 11 |
We counted the entries in the XLSX files on 26 October 2026. The page itself says it was last updated on 13 October 2026. For six of the 155, the date the registration number was issued still shows as “pending”. The first list, of 101 platforms, was published on 16 January 2026, so the list grows every few weeks.
Each entry gives the trading name, head office address, website, contact email and registration date. It doesn’t tell you prices, languages, or which flows a platform actually supports today. That’s what the rest of this guide is for.
How to check a platform yourself: download the XLSX, search for the provider’s name, and check that the website on the list matches the one you’re dealing with. Some platforms are listed under a parent or product name. Thomson Reuters’ platform, for example, is listed as Pagero.
What matters when you’re a foreign or English-speaking business
Section titled “What matters when you’re a foreign or English-speaking business”Every PA must handle the same three formats and the same data flows, so the legal minimum is the same everywhere. The differences are in everything around it.
| Criterion | Why it matters | What to look for |
|---|---|---|
| English interface and support | Your finance team has to read rejection messages and talk to support | An English app, English documentation and support hours that overlap with yours |
| API and integrations | Re-keying invoices into a portal doesn’t scale | A documented REST API, a sandbox, webhooks for statuses, and connectors for your ERP or billing tool (NetSuite, SAP, Dynamics, Stripe, Chargebee) |
| E-reporting for non-established companies | Some platforms built their e-reporting for French companies first | Confirm they handle a client with no SIREN, identified by a VAT number, and the flows you actually have (B2C totals, international B2B, payments) |
| Peppol connectivity | Belgium has required Peppol for B2B invoices since January 2026. Peppol is common, though optional, in Germany | A certified Peppol access point, so one provider covers France and your Peppol countries |
| Multi-country coverage | Spain, Poland, Germany and others have their own mandates and timelines | The countries you’re in today and those you’ll enter in the next two years |
| Pricing model | Costs vary a lot with volume | Per invoice, per transmission, monthly subscription, set-up fees and minimum terms |
| Archiving | French tax law requires you to keep invoices for six years | Whether storage is included, for how long, in the EU, and how you export it if you leave |
| Onboarding time | Directory registration and testing take time | A realistic go-live date, and who does the directory entry and testing |
Peppol and French PAs
Section titled “Peppol and French PAs”French law doesn’t require Peppol. In practice, many PAs exchange invoices with each other over the Peppol network using French rules, and several are also certified Peppol access points for other countries. The two statuses are separate: Peppol certification comes from OpenPeppol, PA status only from the DGFiP. A Peppol provider that isn’t on the DGFiP list can’t be your French platform. If you also invoice Belgian customers, see E-invoicing in Belgium. For Germany, where Peppol is one channel among several, see E-invoicing in Germany.
Approved platforms compared
Section titled “Approved platforms compared”We picked 12 platforms from the official list with an international, English-language or API-first angle, plus two popular French options. Every one was on the DGFiP’s list of registered operators when we checked it on 26 October 2026. The “registered” date is the date the list gives for the issue of the registration number. Feature details come from each vendor’s own website and documentation on the same date. Prices are shown only where the vendor publishes them.
Approval status
Section titled “Approval status”| Platform | Name on the official list | Head office (per the list) | Registered |
|---|---|---|---|
| ONESOURCE Pagero (Thomson Reuters) | PAGERO | Gothenburg, Sweden | 19 Dec 2025 |
| Sovos | SOVOS | Lisbon, Portugal | 18 Dec 2025 |
| Basware | BASWARE | Espoo, Finland | 18 Dec 2025 |
| Avalara | AVALARA | Paris, France | 18 Dec 2025 |
| EDICOM | EDICOM France and EDICOM Group | Paris, France and Valencia, Spain | 11 Dec 2025 |
| Esker | ESKER | Villeurbanne, France | 11 Dec 2025 |
| Storecove | STORECOVE | Hilversum, Netherlands | 28 Apr 2026 |
| Fonoa | Fonoa Technologies Limited | Dublin, Ireland | 29 Apr 2026 |
| Invopop | INVOPOP | Madrid, Spain | 15 Jan 2026 |
| ecosio | ecosio InterCom, a Vertex Company | Munich, Germany | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Pennylane | PENNYLANE | Paris, France | 11 Dec 2025 |
| Qonto | QONTO | Paris, France | 18 Dec 2025 |
Features at a glance
Section titled “Features at a glance”| Platform | Best for | English | API | Peppol access point | French e-reporting | Public pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ONESOURCE Pagero | Groups with ERPs and many countries | Yes | Yes, plus ERP connectors | Yes | Yes | On request |
| Sovos | Multinationals wanting one VAT compliance vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | On request |
| Basware | Large accounts payable teams | Yes | Yes (Network REST APIs) | Yes | Yes | On request |
| Avalara | Businesses already using Avalara for tax | Yes | Yes (REST) | Yes | Yes | On request |
| EDICOM | EDI-heavy supply chains, long-term archiving | Yes | Yes, set up in an onboarding project | Yes | Yes | On request |
| Esker | Mid-sized and large firms automating order-to-cash and AP | Yes | Yes, plus ERP connectors | Yes | Yes | On request |
| Storecove | Software vendors embedding e-invoicing | Yes | Yes (JSON REST, sandbox) | Yes | Yes | On request |
| Fonoa | High-volume digital businesses and marketplaces | Yes | Yes (REST) | Yes | Yes | On request |
| Invopop | SaaS teams on Stripe or Chargebee | Yes | Yes (REST) | Yes | In development (Oct 2026) | Yes |
| ecosio | Mid-market companies with EDI and ERP | Yes | Yes, plus SFTP and AS2 | Yes | Unknown | On request |
| Pennylane | French SMEs wanting accounting and e-invoicing together | Interface can be switched to English. Content is mostly French | Not stated for e-invoicing | Not stated | Yes | Yes |
| Qonto | Small French companies banking with Qonto | English help centre | Not stated for e-invoicing | Not stated | Partial (beta, Oct 2026) | Yes |
“Yes” in the e-reporting column means the vendor says it supports French e-reporting. It doesn’t mean every flow is covered for a client with no French establishment. Always ask.
Platform notes
Section titled “Platform notes”ONESOURCE Pagero (Thomson Reuters). Thomson Reuters bought Pagero in 2024 and now sells it as ONESOURCE Pagero. It’s a network-based platform with connectors for SAP, Oracle and Microsoft Dynamics, and a Peppol access point. Its France page is in English. Pricing is by quote. A good fit if you want one network for France and many other e-invoicing countries.
Sovos. Sovos says it got its PDP registration in 2024 and final PA registration in December 2025. It says it handles platform-to-platform exchange over Peppol, and e-reporting of B2C, cross-border and payment data. It’s also a Peppol service provider. The official list shows its Portuguese entity, with the Saphety website. Pricing is by quote. Suited to groups that also need VAT reporting and clearance in other countries.
Basware. A Finnish accounts payable and e-invoicing network, registered as a PA in December 2025. Its developer portal documents REST APIs for sending and receiving invoices, and a French Directory API for looking up a customer’s directory entry. Pricing is by quote. Strongest for large companies with a high volume of supplier invoices.
Avalara. Its E-Invoicing and Live Reporting product is a PA and a Peppol access point, reached through one REST API with developer documentation. Its French address is in Paris. Pricing is by quote. Most useful if you already use Avalara for tax calculation or one of its connectors.
EDICOM. A Spanish EDI and e-invoicing provider, listed twice on the official list (its French and Spanish entities). Certified as a Peppol access point since 2015, it also sells long-term electronic archiving. API access and ERP connectors are set up as part of an onboarding project rather than through public self-serve documentation. Pricing is by quote.
Esker. A French company that announced its final PA registration in January 2026. Its PA page lists e-reporting for B2C sales, international B2B, intra-EU acquisitions and payments. It has been a Peppol access point since 2017 and offers ERP connectors and REST APIs. Esker says the platform is hosted in France. Pricing is by quote.
Storecove. A Dutch API-first provider and certified Peppol access point. Its API documentation covers French e-reporting (flow 10) and directory registration. A sandbox is available. Pricing is by quote. Best for software companies that want to build e-invoicing into their own product.
Fonoa. An Irish tax technology company. Fonoa says one API connection covers France and more than 100 other countries, including e-invoicing and e-reporting. Pricing is by quote. Aimed at large digital businesses and platforms with high transaction volumes.
Invopop. A Spanish API-first provider with a published price list: a free developer plan, a Pro plan at €500 a month, and usage billed in credits it calls “pops”. It lists Stripe (€100 a month) and Chargebee (€200 a month) integrations. Its France documentation says directory registration, invoicing and lifecycle statuses are live, and e-reporting (flow 10) is “in active development”. If you need e-reporting, check its status before signing.
ecosio. An Austrian-founded e-invoicing and EDI provider, now part of Vertex and listed under its Munich entity. It was one of the early certified Peppol access points and connects to ERPs by API, SFTP, AS2 and other protocols, as a managed service. We couldn’t find public details of its French e-reporting service. Pricing is by quote.
Pennylane. A French accounting platform. It offers a free e-invoicing plan for micro-entrepreneurs: one user and up to 1,200 invoices a year. Paid plans start at €7 a month excluding VAT, and Pennylane says e-invoicing compliance is included in every plan. Its website and support are mainly in French. A good fit for a small French subsidiary that wants its books and its e-invoices in one place.
Qonto. A business bank for European SMEs. It says e-invoicing is free and unlimited on all its plans, with or without a Qonto business account. Business account plans start at €9 a month excluding VAT. When we checked in October 2026, its help centre said e-reporting was in beta, for international B2B transactions only. A good fit for a small French company that issues invoices by hand.
Other well-known names on the list
Section titled “Other well-known names on the list”These platforms were also on the official list on 26 October 2026. We haven’t profiled them here, but they’re worth a look depending on your systems:
| Name on the list | Head office (per the list) | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| B2BRouter | Barcelona, Spain | 12 Dec 2025 |
| Billit | Ghent, Belgium | 19 Dec 2025 |
| Cegedim | Boulogne-Billancourt, France | 11 Dec 2025 |
| Cegid | Lyon, France | 18 Dec 2025 |
| Comarch SA | Kraków, Poland | 18 Dec 2025 |
| Generix Group | Paris La Défense, France | 11 Dec 2025 |
| Iopole | Pérols, France | 11 Dec 2025 |
| Odoo | Grand-Rosière, Belgium | 15 Apr 2026 |
| Sage | La Garenne-Colombes, France | 22 Dec 2025 |
| SAP | Walldorf, Germany | 15 Jan 2026 |
| Seqino | Gif-sur-Yvette, France | 15 Jan 2026 |
| Super PDP | Paris, France | 22 Dec 2025 |
| Tradeshift Babelway | Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium | 6 Jan 2026 |
If your ERP or accounting provider isn’t on the list at all, ask which PA it connects to. It may be a compatible solution.
Free options
Section titled “Free options”With the PPF out of the picture, there is no free state platform for invoices between businesses. We found no rule that requires a PA to offer a free tier. What exists:
- Free plans from private platforms, offered as a commercial choice. Qonto says e-invoicing is free on all its plans. Pennylane’s free plan is limited to micro-entrepreneurs. Several other platforms on the list advertise free offers for small businesses. One even has “Facturation gratuite” (free invoicing) in its listed name.
- Free developer tiers from API platforms, such as Invopop’s Dev plan, which suit testing more than production.
- Chorus Pro, which is free, but only for invoices to French public bodies.
Free plans tend to be built for small French companies typing invoices into a web app. They rarely include an API, English support or full e-reporting for a non-established company. If those matter to you, expect to pay.
Worked example: per-invoice or subscription?
Section titled “Worked example: per-invoice or subscription?”A French subsidiary of a US software company issues 120 invoices a month to French business customers. It has two quotes (illustrative figures, not any vendor’s real prices):
- Quote A: €0.30 per invoice sent, no monthly fee: 120 × €0.30 = €36.00 a month, or €432 a year
- Quote B: €49 a month, up to 300 invoices: €49.00 a month, or €588 a year
At 120 invoices, Quote A is cheaper by €156 a year. The break-even is €49 ÷ €0.30 = about 163 invoices a month. If the subsidiary expects to pass that within a year, or if Quote A also charges for each e-reporting transmission or received invoice, Quote B wins. Always ask what counts as a billable “document”: sent invoices, received invoices, status messages, e-reporting submissions and credit notes can each be charged separately.
Questions to ask before signing
Section titled “Questions to ask before signing”- Are you on the DGFiP list under this name, and when was your registration number issued? Check it against the official XLSX.
- Do you support clients with no French establishment and no SIREN? Can you e-report for us using our VAT number?
- Which e-reporting flows are live today? B2C daily totals, international B2B invoices, purchases, payment data. Which are still in beta?
- Who registers us in the directory, and how long does it take? If we’re only e-reporting, do we need an entry at all? (We don’t, for e-reporting.)
- What’s your API like? Is there public documentation, a sandbox, webhooks for invoice statuses, and a connector for our ERP or billing tool?
- Is your interface in English? And your support, rejection messages and documentation?
- Are you a Peppol access point? Which other countries’ mandates do you cover?
- What exactly is billed? Per sent invoice, received invoice, status, e-reporting submission, user or entity? Any set-up fee or minimum term?
- Is archiving included? For how long, and where is it stored? How do we export everything if we leave?
- What’s your notice period, and what do you do for us during a switch?
How switching platforms works
Section titled “How switching platforms works”You can change PA at any time. Since July 2026, the process is set out in article 242 nonies E ter of annex II to the tax code, created by the July 2026 decree:
- You sign a formal agreement (accord formel) with the new platform. It’s dated and signed by you or your representative, and lists the invoicing addresses to move and the date you want the change to take effect. The new platform numbers it and keeps it.
- The new platform notifies the old one within 2 working days.
- The old platform has 5 working days to object. It can object only if there’s doubt about what you want, for example a more recent agreement. If it says nothing, it’s treated as consent.
- The new platform updates the central directory within 15 working days of that consent, leaving at least 3 working days for exchange networks such as Peppol to sync.
- The old platform keeps managing invoice statuses for one year, and must send you any information you need to keep operating within 5 working days of a request.
If the two platforms disagree, the tax authority decides within 10 working days of having everything it needs, and your directory entry stays frozen meanwhile. The switch doesn’t change your contracts: notice periods and fees with the old platform still apply. Your invoice history isn’t moved automatically, so export your archive before you close the old account.
Worked example: a switch in February 2027
Section titled “Worked example: a switch in February 2027”A French subsidiary signs with a new platform on Monday 1 February 2027. French jours ouvrables (working days) run Monday to Saturday, excluding public holidays.
- New platform notifies the old one: by Wednesday 3 February (2 working days)
- Old platform’s objection window closes: Tuesday 9 February (5 working days)
- New platform updates the directory: by Friday 26 February (15 working days)
Worst case, invoices start reaching the new platform at the start of March: about four weeks after signing. Don’t cancel the old platform until you see the change in the directory.
How GoodVat helps
Section titled “How GoodVat helps”GoodVat is not a Plateforme Agréée, a compatible solution or a partner of any platform on this page. If you need a PA, you’ll sign with one of them directly. What we do is the VAT work around it, through GoodVat Global Tax Compliance:
- Work out whether you need a platform at all: established or not, OSS or a French VAT registration, which e-reporting flows you have and from which date
- Register you for French VAT, OSS or IOSS where you need it
- Calculate the right rate at checkout for every product and destination
- File your French VAT returns and keep your invoices compliant
Checklist
Section titled “Checklist”- Check whether you need a platform, using the decision table or our foreign companies guide.
- List your flows: domestic B2B invoices, B2C sales, international sales and purchases, service payments.
- Ask your current software whether it’s a PA or a compatible solution, and which PA it uses.
- Shortlist two or three PAs that fit your systems, languages and countries.
- Check each one on the official list and note the date you checked.
- Ask the questions above and get prices in writing.
- Plan your directory entry and testing before your deadline: receiving has applied since 1 September 2026 for French companies, and most SMEs must issue and e-report from 1 September 2027.
What is the difference between a PDP and a PA in France?
Section titled “What is the difference between a PDP and a PA in France?”Nothing, apart from the name. PDP (plateforme de dématérialisation partenaire) was the original term for the private e-invoicing platforms registered by the French tax authority. The 2026 Finance Law and a July 2026 decree renamed them Plateformes Agréées (PA). A platform registered as a PDP is now a PA without doing anything.
How many approved e-invoicing platforms are there in France?
Section titled “How many approved e-invoicing platforms are there in France?”On 26 October 2026, the DGFiP’s official list (last updated 13 October 2026) named 155 operators that meet every condition, including interoperability tests. A second list named 11 more that have filed a complete application and are waiting for their final registration. The list changes often, so check impots.gouv.fr before you sign.
Is there a free plateforme agréée in France?
Section titled “Is there a free plateforme agréée in France?”The state no longer offers a free invoicing portal: that plan was dropped in October 2024. Some private platforms offer free plans as a commercial choice. Qonto, for example, says e-invoicing is free on all its plans, and Pennylane has a free plan for micro-entrepreneurs. We found no rule that requires a platform to offer a free tier.
Can I use the PPF or Chorus Pro instead of a plateforme agréée?
Section titled “Can I use the PPF or Chorus Pro instead of a plateforme agréée?”Not for invoices between businesses. The public portal (PPF) now runs only the central directory and the data concentrator: it does not issue or receive invoices for you. Chorus Pro is still free, but only for invoices to French public bodies.
Does a foreign company need a plateforme agréée in France?
Section titled “Does a foreign company need a plateforme agréée in France?”Only if it is in scope for e-reporting. A foreign business with no establishment in France is outside French e-invoicing. If it owes French VAT on sales that it doesn’t declare through OSS or IOSS, for example sales from stock in France, it must send e-reporting data through a platform, from 1 September 2027 for most small businesses.
Can I change my plateforme agréée?
Section titled “Can I change my plateforme agréée?”Yes, at any time. You sign a formal agreement with the new platform, and it updates your entry in the central directory. Under the rules in force since July 2026, the whole process takes about four weeks at most. Your contract with the old platform still applies, so check its notice period.
Is a Peppol access point the same as a plateforme agréée?
Section titled “Is a Peppol access point the same as a plateforme agréée?”No. Peppol certification comes from OpenPeppol or a national Peppol authority. Plateforme Agréée status comes only from the French tax authority. Many approved platforms are also Peppol access points, which helps if you invoice customers in Belgium or other Peppol countries, but being on Peppol does not make a provider a PA.
Related guides
Section titled “Related guides”- E-invoicing in France: the dates, formats, e-reporting and penalties
- French e-invoicing for foreign companies: when a business with no French establishment has to e-report
- Factur-X explained: the hybrid PDF format most small French businesses use
- E-invoicing in the EU: every country’s mandate and timeline in one place
- E-invoicing in Belgium: Peppol B2B e-invoicing since January 2026
- The EU One-Stop Shop (OSS): the scheme that keeps most cross-border consumer sales out of French e-reporting