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France: Supplier's Electronic Address

France has specific requirements for modeling the Supplier's electronic address.

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The requirements differ for French and non-French Suppliers.

French suppliers

For French Suppliers who want to send Documents to Chorus Pro, via the PEPPOL network, you must specify the SIRET number as the Supplier's electronic address.

The SIRET number is a 14-digit identifier that is assigned by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) to established French companies. It provides a unique identifier for each physical location or business unit.

You must include the SIRET number and use the @schemeID attribute to identify the number as a SIRET ID.

Non-French suppliers

For non-French Suppliers, you must specify the PEPPOL Participant ID and use the correct scheme identifier in the @schemeID attribute.

Elements

Name (Technical Name)CardinalityDescription
Supplier's Electronic Address (/Invoice/AccountingSupplierParty/Party/EndpointID)1..1Identifies the Supplier's electronic address.
Supplier's Electronic Address Identification Scheme Identifier (/Invoice/AccountingSupplierParty/Party/EndpointID @schemeID)1..1The identification scheme identifier of the Supplier's electronic address.

Restrictions

For French Suppliers, you need to ensure the following:

  • You must include the SIRET number in the Seller Electronic Address element.
  • You must specify 0009 in the @schemeID attribute of the Seller Electronic Address Identification Scheme Identifier element.

For non-French Suppliers, you need to ensure the following:

  • You must specify the PEPPOL Participant ID in the Seller Electronic Address element.
  • You must specify the correct identifier in the @schemeID attribute of the Seller Electronic Address Identification Scheme Identifier element. This varies depending on the Supplier's country.

Examples

French supplier

The following is an example for a French Supplier:

<Invoice>
    <!-- code omitted for clarity -->
    <cac:AccountingSupplierParty>
        <cac:Party>
            <!-- Peppol ID: combination of schemeID and unique party ID -->
            <cbc:EndpointID schemeID="0009">78467169500087</cbc:EndpointID>
            <!-- code omitted for clarity -->
        <cac:Party>
        <!-- code omitted for clarity -->
    </cac:AccountingSupplierParty>
    <!-- code omitted for clarity -->
</Invoice>

Non-French supplier

The following is an example for a non-French Supplier:

<Invoice>
    <!-- code omitted for clarity -->
    <cac:AccountingSupplierParty>
        <cac:Party>
            <!-- Peppol ID: combination of schemeID and unique party ID -->
            <cbc:EndpointID schemeID="9930">DE123456789</cbc:EndpointID>
            <!-- code omitted for clarity -->
        <cac:Party>
        <!-- code omitted for clarity -->
    </cac:AccountingSupplierParty>
    <!-- code omitted for clarity -->
</Invoice>

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