France uses the PEPPOL BIS Billing 3.0 specification for B2G e-invoicing.

PEPPOL BIS Billing 3.0 is based on the Universal Business Language (UBL2.1) format and adheres to the European standard for e-Invoicing (EN 16931).

PEPPOL also has its own requirements that are defined on top of UBL.

For Vertex e-Invoicing, this means you can create your VRBL as usual but you must be aware of the requirements for each of the following formats and networks:

Format/Network	Documentation
VRBL	Document Modeling
EN-16931	EN-16931: Modeling Overview
PEPPOL	PEPPOL: Modeling Overview

Mandate Information

B2G e-invoicing has been mandatory in France since January 1, 2020. All vendors to public entities must issue e-invoices via the central platform Chorus Pro.

A new e-invoicing platform is under development (called the Portail public de facturation (PPF)) but it is not decided if this will succeed the Chorus Pro platform.

There is no mandate for B2B in France. Hence, Vertex e-Invoicing does not support it.

Details

Detail	Value
Official Specification	PEPPOL BIS Billing 3.0 (based on Universal Business Language (UBL2.1))
Domain	B2G
Country Specific Configuration	No
Country Specific Configuration	No
Compliance	PEPPOL BIS Billing 3.0

Restrictions

Vertex e-Invoicing does not support B2C or B2B for France.

In This Section

Topic	Description
France: Overview	Overview information for this country.
France: Receivers	The Receiver used by this country.
France: Example	Example Documents.
France: Rules	The rules that govern the processing of the Documents for this country.