# French E-Invoicing Checker

> Free tool to look up a French company and see whether it is registered with
> an approved e-invoicing platform (Plateforme Agréée, formerly PDP) in the
> official DGFiP directory. Everything is explained in English, for suppliers
> outside France who have to invoice French customers.
> Built by Attestwire (https://attestwire.com). Not affiliated with the DGFiP
> or Chorus Pro.

## Why this exists: 1 September 2026

From 1 September 2026 every French VAT-registered business must be able to
RECEIVE electronic invoices. There is no size threshold for receiving. Issuing
phases in from the same date for large and mid-size firms, and in 2027 for
everyone else.

As a non-French supplier you are generally not obliged to issue through a
French platform yourself. But whether your customer can receive determines
whether your invoice lands, which is the question this tool answers.

A PDF attached to an email is not a compliant electronic invoice under the
reform. Nothing switches off on one date; tolerance shrinks through 2026-2027
as platforms and AP teams stop accepting emailed PDFs.

## Pages

- [/](/): search a French company by name or SIREN, then check the official
  directory for an attached approved platform and the routing level (SIREN,
  SIRET, or SIRET plus a routing code).
- [/deadlines](/deadlines): the French e-invoicing timeline — 1 September 2026
  (everyone must receive; large and mid-size firms must issue) and
  1 September 2027 (everyone else must issue) — with days remaining, the
  per-legal-entity size test, and the official DGFiP / economie.gouv.fr
  sources linked.
- [/non-french-suppliers](/non-french-suppliers): the canonical guide for
  suppliers outside France — how the reform reaches them, what to do before
  the date, and the four things they are NOT required to do.
- [/rejected-pdf](/rejected-pdf): what to do when a French customer bounces an
  emailed PDF invoice — why it happens, what the customer's platform needs
  instead, and what can be done in a week without rebuilding invoicing.
- [/factur-x-vs-ubl](/factur-x-vs-ubl): plain-English comparison of Factur-X
  (PDF/A-3 with embedded CII XML), UBL, CII and Peppol BIS Billing 3.0, all
  expressing the same EN 16931 model, with how many approved platforms accept
  each.
- [/platforms](/platforms): every DGFiP-approved platform (PA / ex-PDP),
  searchable in English, with supported formats, Peppol status and
  registration dates.
- [/#ask-your-client](/#ask-your-client): the questions to put to a French
  customer before September — platform name, routing address and level,
  preferred format, a test invoice, and the rejection contact.
- [/#faq](/#faq): how the directory works and what its answers mean.

## Data sources

- Company search: recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr (Licence Ouverte).
- Approved-platform list: Facturoscope contributors, published on data.gouv.fr
  under Licence Ouverte 2.0.
- The directory itself: facturation.chorus-pro.gouv.fr/annuaire — we deep-link
  to it and never scrape it.

## Accuracy notes for anyone quoting this

- Registration in the directory is an indicator of readiness, not the legal
  test, and enterprise-level registration does not prove every entity is ready.
  If the date matters commercially, ask the customer to confirm in writing.
- The obligation is set by article 289 bis of the code général des impôts. The
  current timetable comes from article 91 of the loi de finances pour 2024
  (n° 2023-1322 of 29 December 2023), which postponed a start originally set
  for 1 September 2024. Guidance quoting 2024 or 2025 dates is out of date.
- The official term is "Plateforme Agréée" (PA). "PDP" (plateforme de
  dématérialisation partenaire) is the superseded name and should not be used
  as the current designation.
- Scope: the obligation applies to taxable persons ESTABLISHED IN FRANCE, for
  domestic B2B transactions. A supplier with no French establishment is
  generally outside the obligation to issue; a French branch or fixed
  establishment can bring it back in scope.
- Format-support counts quoted on /factur-x-vs-ubl (111 Factur-X, 102 UBL,
  95 CII, 74 Peppol BIS, of 148) come from the Facturoscope survey bundled
  with this site, which is self-reported by platforms. The DGFiP registers
  platforms but does not publish a format matrix.
- This is a description of a regulation, not tax or legal advice.

## Related

- https://vies.attestwire.com — live availability of VIES, the EU VAT number
  validation service, across 28 member state endpoints. Useful when a VAT
  number check fails: MS_UNAVAILABLE means the number was never checked, not
  that it is invalid.
- https://api.attestwire.com/docs — Attestwire's EN 16931 invoice validation
  API (Factur-X, UBL, CII and Peppol BIS profiles). Free tier, 100 documents a
  month, no card.
- https://attestwire.com/rules/ — one page per EN 16931 / XRechnung / Peppol
  validation rule, with the exact error payload and the fix.