France PA — registration

Register a party in the French Annuaire and on the Peppol network.

Registration is required for any French SIREN that will issue, receive, or report transactions through Invopop as its Plateforme Agréée. Registration is a prerequisite for all flows: invoicing, status, and reporting.

Each party (a SIREN) is registered once. The workflow signs the contract, records the party in the Annuaire, opens a reporting register, and publishes the party on the Peppol network. After it completes, the party can both send and receive invoices and is ready to start recording transactions for reporting.

The Annuaire requires every entry to be receive-capable, so there is no send-only option as in other Peppol countries. Internally, the workflow extends the standard Peppol registration with a French Annuaire step and the reporting register.

How it works

1. Sign Contract

   Kicks off the contract signature flow with the party. The job pauses here until the party returns the signed agreement.

2. Set State → processing

   Moves the silo entry into a visible “in progress” state so operator dashboards reflect that registration is underway.

3. Wait for Approval

   Pauses until Invopop’s KYC review of the signed contract clears.

4. Register in Annuaire

   Submits the party’s SIREN to the French national directory so other PAs can route invoices to it.

5. Register Reporter

   Opens a reporting record keyed by SIREN and stores the cadence chosen during onboarding. See reporting for the cadence options.

6. Register Peppol Party

   Publishes the party in SMP/SML with the france document group, enabling Peppol-level routing for sending and receiving.

7. Set State → registered

   Marks the party as fully onboarded.

Workflow code

Template

France PA register party workflow

Registers a party in the Annuaire, on the Peppol network, and as a reporter.

Add to my workspace

Code

Copy and paste into a new Empty Party workflow.

France PA register party workflow

{
    "name": "France PA register party",
    "description": "Registers in the French Annuaire, Peppol network, and reporting register",
    "schema": "org/party",
    "steps": [
        {
            "id": "0adf46e0-8fdb-11f0-a8fb-61ec9e5a76ba",
            "name": "Sign Contract",
            "provider": "contracts.sign"
        },
        {
            "id": "0e44b900-8fdb-11f0-a8fb-61ec9e5a76ba",
            "name": "Set State",
            "provider": "silo.state",
            "summary": "Set state to `processing`{.state .processing}",
            "config": {
                "state": "processing"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "12aaf950-8fdb-11f0-a8fb-61ec9e5a76ba",
            "name": "Wait for Approval",
            "provider": "contracts.wait.approval"
        },
        {
            "id": "d10a4680-1e29-11f1-8bfb-2beaa1df60f0",
            "name": "Register in Annuaire",
            "provider": "directory.register"
        },
        {
            "id": "e510a280-1e29-11f1-8bfb-2beaa1df60f0",
            "name": "Register Reporter",
            "provider": "reporting.register"
        },
        {
            "id": "7a5a4db0-0fae-11f0-b37b-0be1c251a274",
            "name": "Register Peppol Party",
            "provider": "peppol.register",
            "summary": "Sending and Receiving with groups: france",
            "config": {
                "disable": false,
                "doc_groups": [
                    "france"
                ],
                "visibility": "smp+sml+peppol"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7c2fa9f0-0fae-11f0-b37b-0be1c251a274",
            "name": "Set State",
            "provider": "silo.state",
            "summary": "Set state to `registered`{.state .registered}",
            "config": {
                "state": "registered"
            }
        }
    ],
    "rescue": [
        {
            "id": "a34e83f0-25dc-11f0-b641-350e77c28eed",
            "name": "Set State",
            "provider": "silo.state",
            "summary": "Set state to `error`{.state .error}",
            "config": {
                "state": "error"
            }
        }
    ]
}

Unregistration

Our unregistration workflow will be available soon

When a party stops trading or moves to another platform, run an unregistration workflow. The workflow steps remove the party from the Annuaire, Peppol and close out its reporting register.

1. Unregister in Annuaire

   Removes the inbox from the French directory.

2. Disable Reporter

   Closes the reporting register so no more periodic reports are generated for this SIREN.

3. Unregister in Peppol

   disables the party on Peppol so no further invoices are routed to it.

Unregistering does not delete historical reports already submitted to the PPF.

FAQ

How do I onboard a new supplier in France?

For B2B PA flows: register the supplier via the France PA Register Party workflow (publishes the SIREN to the Annuaire and Peppol). For Chorus Pro: register the supplier with their SIRET on Chorus Pro’s portal and link credentials in the Chorus Pro app.

How are supplier credentials stored in Invopop for France?

France PA does not require supplier-side certificates — Peppol uses Invopop’s AP cert. Chorus Pro uses an OAuth token bound to the supplier’s account; the token is encrypted at rest in Invopop.

How do I register a supplier with France PA?

Run the France PA Register Party workflow with the supplier’s SIREN. Invopop publishes them to the Annuaire and the Peppol SMP — they are then routable for both invoicing and e-reporting through Invopop.

What certificates does France PA require to authenticate a supplier?

None at the supplier level. The Plateforme Agréée holds an OpenPeppol-issued mTLS certificate (Invopop’s), and the PA-to-PPF channel uses additional DGFiP credentials managed by Invopop.

How do I register for a Peppol inbox in Invopop?

Upload the company as a party (Console → Parties → Suppliers → + New Supplier, or via the Create an Entry API) with name, tax_id, address, and email. Then run it through the party registration workflow — the contact will receive a registration wizard link to provide proof of ownership.

Once approved, the party is registered on the Peppol network (SMP+SML+Peppol visibility by default with the ubl-invoice doc group) and ready to receive invoices.

I get 'XXXX:XXXXXXXXX is already registered' when registering a supplier — what now?

A supplier with that Participant ID already exists in your workspace. Either reuse the existing party or, if it really is a new entity, check whether it should be registered under an alternative scheme (for example Belgium’s 9925 VAT scheme rather than the default 0208).

How do I assign multiple inboxes to a single supplier?

Register them through different silo entries, even though they represent the same legal party. The supplier must upload proof of ownership for each inbox.

What are Participant IDs?

Unique identifiers for entities on the Peppol network, made up of two parts:

• Scheme — identifies the type of identifier (e.g. 9920 for Spanish VAT, 0208 for Belgian KBO/BCE)
• Code — the actual identification number

Participant IDs are usually based on VAT numbers or local business identifiers, and Invopop can derive them automatically from a Tax ID. Some countries support multiple schemes — Belgium, for example, defaults to 0208 but some entities are only registered under 9925 (VAT). If you hit a “receiver not found” error, the recipient may be registered under an alternative scheme.

What visibility level should I set on my Peppol Party?

Peppol Party visibility determines what you can send and receive:

• smp — SMP only, for testing
• smp+sml — SMP and SML, useful when you only want to send
• smp+sml+peppol — SMP, SML, and the Peppol Directory, recommended for both sending and receiving (and for being discoverable in the Directory)

In general, use the highest visibility available.

More available in our France FAQ section

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🇫🇷 Invopop resources for France

Compliance	Invoicing compliance in France Compliance timeline
Apps	France 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