PA (Plateforme Agréée) guide

France’s PA system — concepts, readiness, and links to the four implementation guides.

Invopop is an officially approved Plateforme Agréée (PA) under the DGFiP mandate. This page is the entry point to the four France PA implementation guides — registration, invoicing, status, and reporting.

Prerequisites

• An Invopop workspace with the Peppol and France apps enabled.
• French company details, including SIREN/SIRET.
• A clear view of your invoicing flows (B2B, B2C, domestic, cross-border) — this drives which sub-guides apply.

The France PA implementation is being actively developed. Action names, GOBL add-ons, and workflows can change, especially those marked as Beta or In development

Availability

Capability	Status	Notes	Guide
Annuaire registration	Available	Self-serve KYC in development	Registration guide
Send invoices (UBL, CII, Factur-X)	Available	API may change before Sept 2026	Invoicing guide
Receive invoices	Available	API may change before Sept 2026	Invoicing guide
Lifecycle status	Beta	Moving to a first-class GOBL document	Status guide
E-reporting (Flow 10)	In development	fr-ctc-flow10-v1 add-on not yet released	Reporting guide

Key concepts

Annuaire	The French e-invoicing directory where parties must be registered to participate in regulated e-invoicing flows. Not to be confused with the Peppol Directory.
PPF	Portail Public de Facturation — the French government system that receives mandatory invoice data and lifecycle updates. Invopop handles all communications with the PPF automatically.
Regulated Flow	An invoice exchange where both the sender and receiver are registered in the Directory. These follow the complete French e-invoicing process including Peppol transmission and PPF reporting.
Non-Regulated Flow	An invoice exchange where only one party is registered in the Directory. Invoices are stored for e-reporting to the PPF but may not be transmitted via Peppol.
E-Reporting	Periodic reporting to the PPF covering non-regulated flows and B2C transactions.
CDAR	Cross Domain Acknowledgement and Response. The format used for lifecycle status updates (“cycle de vie”) in France, communicated between parties and to the PPF.
Fifth Corner	The tax authority in the Peppol exchange model. Corners 1–4 are sender, sender’s PA, receiver’s PA, and receiver; the fifth corner is the tax authority that receives a copy of the invoice for regulated flows. In France this is the PPF.
F1 Invoice	Simplified UBL format used to forward the invoice to the fifth corner (the tax authority, i.e. the PPF) for regulated flows. Part of e-invoicing, not e-reporting. Generated automatically by Invopop.

Plateforme Agréée guides

The four sub-guides correspond to the workflows you will wire together. Most of these depend on Invopop’s Peppol, UBL, and CII apps for transport and format conversion.

Registration

Register and unregister a party in the Annuaire and on Peppol.

Invoicing

Send and receive B2B invoices via Peppol with PPF reporting.

Status

Send, receive, and derive lifecycle status updates (CDAR).

Reporting

Periodic e-reporting of B2C and non-regulated B2B transactions.

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🇫🇷 Invopop resources for France

Compliance	Invoicing compliance in France Compliance timeline
Apps	Peppol ChorusPro France
Guides	ChorusPro Guide PA Guide — Registration · Invoicing · Status · Reporting
FAQ	France FAQ
GOBL	France Tax Regime Chorus Pro Addon French Factur-X Addon
GitHub	gobl.xinvoice

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