Belgian Peppol Service Provider Forum

Since 21/11/2024, key-information about the Belgian Peppol Authority (BPA) was moved to https://peppol.be (only available in FR and NL)

 

The Belgian Peppol Authority (BPA) organizes the Belgian Peppol Service Provider Forum. This forum handles various topics related to the development of Peppol, from technical issues encountered, to actions organized by the BPA... It is a critical interaction point between operators, where they can talk about their concerns, about their understanding of the specifications, and reach consensus required for true interoperability.

It meets at a frequency that varies with the need to interact (see table below). Between two meetings, exchanges take place via email and/or contents publication on the Content area (see below).

All Service Providers active in Belgium (Service Providers that signed with the BPA, and other Service Providers that operate in Belgium), are invited to participate.

The forum is supported by :
(a) the table below summarizing the editions of the forum, decisions and supporting slides, and
(b) a web page publishing more detailed content, related to the topics discussed in the forum, including migration plans, detailed specifications, testing instructions and many other useful information.

Agenda, list of presence, supporting material and wrap up of the previous Forum editions

Edition

Presence

Agenda /slideware/streaming

Wrap up

Edition

Presence

Agenda /slideware/streaming

Wrap up

38 Dec 9, 2025

14:00 - 16:00

doors open at 13:30, reception afterwards

 

 

 

38 Dec 9, 2025

13:30 - 15:00

Afas Belgium
Arco
August Bridge
BOSA
b2brouter
Billit
C&W Logistics
CD-Invest
Comax
CONTINIA
CronosIT4C
D Soft
Descartes
Eaglessoft
Econnect
Edicom
Effect
Ernst & Young Tax Consultants
Esker
Exact
Factris
GS1 ASBL
Horus Software
Infinwebs
IRC Engineering
FPS Finance
Montova
Multios
Nestoya
NTX
Nymus
Octopus
Odyssee Mobile
OkiOki
OpenText
Pagero - Thomson Reuters
Peppol Service Provider Community
Puntcom
Renta Solutions
Routty
Sage
Scolares
Scrada
Semansys
Soluz.io
Speos
Symtrax
Tietoevry
TITP
Travelnote N.V.
Tungsten
UnifiedPost
VATit Processing (Pty) Ltd
WinAuditor
WiseTech
Wolters Kluwer

[FINAL]

I. SMP Redirect

II. Network Quality - focus on network metadata

III. Multiple Receivers under one enterprise number

IV. Add Control On VAT Nr

V. Self-Billing

VI. GT&Cs

VII. End User Identification – Reminder (new topic)

VIII. Factoring (new topic)

Backlog / AOB / Next meeting

Detailed briefing can be found here

Welcome and housekeeping

  • Decision: The forum approves the agenda

  • Decision: The forum approves the minutes of the last meeting

  • Decision: The forum acknowledge the status of actions as described in the Briefing document.

I. SMP Redirect

  • Action: Topic postponed to Q1 2026 due to higher priority of Belgian end users enrollment

II. Network Quality - focus on network metadata

  • Info: Nymus will post RFC to ask strengthening the checks on the customizationID, currently too permissive.

  • Info: errors detected by Luxemburg (incoming messages controls) and Belgium (Belgian Pilot Peppol Network scanner) will be distributed to responsible operators through their competent PA.

  • Action: all members are invited to support the request for a central Global Peppol Network Data Scanner initiated by the PAC

III. Multiple Receivers under one enterprise number:

  • Decision: postponed to next plenary meeting, also due to higher priority of Belgian end-users enrollment

IV. Add Control On VAT Nr

  • Decision: postponed to later plenary meeting, due to last minute unavailability of Lead.

V. Self-Billing

  • Decision: postponed due to mandate priorities

VI. GT&Cs

  • Decision: put in Backlog due to mandate priorities

VII. End User Identification – Reminder

  • Information: the Crossroad Bank of Enterprises provides key information to meet end-users identification requirements and control legal representativeness of each enterprise (who can legally bind what company).

  • No objections or reserves were received from any SP forum member regarding their ability to meet end users identification requirements.

VIII. Factoring (new topic)

  • Decision: set up a focus group on the topic. Lead: Jarn Vinders (Factris)

  • Action: Members are hereby invited to apply to new focus group, by email to peppol@bosa.fgov.be., or directly to Jarn.

Backlog / AOB / Next meeting

new participants:

  • GS1 : liaison with Business Expert Group Workgroup 3 (Technical Obstacles)

  • Satisa: contributor to the uptake of Peppol in Belgium though public monitoring tool

Next plenary meeting

  • when: Feb 24th 2026, 14:00 - 16:00 (exact timing to be confirmed)

  • where:

    • in presence on BOSA premises

    • there will also be online access

  • more info to come

The detailed minutes of the discussions are available here. 

37 Sep 30, 2025 

13:30 - 15:00

a-cube
alchimerys
b2bgrid
billit
bosa
cdinvest
centric
cronos
cwlogistics
dekimo
descartes
digiteal
e-invoice.be
eaglessoft
econnect
edicomgroup
eezi
effect
esker
exactsoftware
eurologiciel
gdev
ghx
horus-software
minfin
markant
montova
ntx
opentext
optipost
opuscapita
PeppolEdge
puntkom
scrada
shyfter
skyforce
soluz.io
thomsonreuters
tradeshift
travelnote
unifiedpost
visualbooks
winauditor
wisetechglobal
wolterskluwer

[FINAL]

Welcome and housekeeping

I. BE SP Forum - Improve The Model: recap/close

II. Use of Hermes: recap/close

III. SMP Redirect

IV. Network Quality - focus on network metadata

V. Multiple Receivers Under 1 CBE: IBAN as KYC-compliant 2ndary ID?

VI. Add Control On VAT Nr

Backlog / AOB / Next forum

  • Announcements – candidates for discussion in SP forum

    • CA migration (G3)

    • TestBed Upgrade

  • Self-Billing Flow - supporting tools – progress

  • G.T&Cs - embedding in invoice: legal constraints and best practices in e-invoices

detailled briefing can be found here

slides:

 

Welcome and housekeeping

  • Decision: The forum approves the agenda

  • Decision: The forum approves the minutes of the last meeting

  • Decision: The forum acknowledge they are currently no pending actions

I. Belgian Service Provider Forum - Improve The Model: recap/close

  • Decision: The forum approves the proposal to consider the topic completed

II. Use of Hermes: recap/close

  • Decision: The forum approves the proposal to consider the topic completed

III. SMP Redirect

  • Action: All forum members are invited to participate to the POC

  • Action: BPA will reach out to Peppol Edge to propose participation to the POC

  • Action: BPA and Nymus will progress with POC set up if/when it becomes possible to gather enough POC participants

IV. Network Quality - focus on network metadata

[no specific decision or action item]

V. Multiple Receivers under one enterprise number: IBAN as KYC-compliant 2ndary ID?

  • Action: Members are hereby invited to apply to a new Focus Group to progress on this topic by email to peppol@bosa.fgov.be .

VI. Add Control On VAT Nr (new topic)

  • Action: Members are hereby invited to apply to a new Focus Group to progress on this topic by email to peppol@bosa.fgov.be.

Backlog / AOB / Next forum

Self-billing:

  • Action: members are invited to provide their input (observations, questions, issues identified) by email to peppol@bosa.fgov.be

  • Action: members are invited to apply for a focus group on the topic by email to peppol@bosa.fgov.be

GT&Cs:

  • Action: members are invited to provide their input (observations, questions, issues identified) by email to peppol@bosa.fgov.be

  • Action: members are invited to apply for a focus group on the topic by email to peppol@bosa.fgov.be

Next forum

  • Decision: The forum approves the proposal to hold next plenary meeting on 9/12 13h30.

  • Action: BPA to organize next Belgian Service Providers Forum plenary meeting

  • Decision: The forum welcomes the principle to hold a in person forum in Q1 2026 at BOSA premises. BPA will work at such organization and report progress.

  • Action: BPA to consider organizing in-person meeting in Q1 2026 and report progress on next plenary meeting

The minutes and the presentation of the discussions are available here. 

36  Jun 3, 2025 

13:30 - 15:00

  • Advalvas

  • Arco

  • B2B Router

  • b2bgrid

  • B2Boost

  • Babelway - Tradeshift

  • Billit

  • C&W Logistics

  • Cronos

  • Descartes

  • Digiteal

  • eConnect

  • Edicom

  • Effect

  • e-invoice

  • Esker

  • Exact

  • Horus Software

  • Ixor

  • JAK Solutions

  • Multios

  • Nymus

  • OpenText

  • Pagero

  • Peppol Edge

  • Scrada

  • Soluz.io

  • SparkIT

  • thomsonreuters

  • Tradeinterop

  • Travelnote N.V.

  • Twikey

  • UnifiedPost

  • Wolters Kluwer

I.SMP Redirect

II.MLS

III.Peppol Reporting

IV.Network Quality

V.Registration of Belgian entities in SMP

VI.Move out HSMP

VII.Backlog / AOB / Next forum

 

 

Lots of interactions for the different topics addressed.

I.SMP Redirect: Report back from focus group.

II.MLS: Report back. Attention point is the impact on governance, this is addressed by the Peppol Authorities

III.Peppol Reporting: Sharing the Belgian traffic from various angles.

IV.Network Quality: Sharing possible issues on Network Quality, way to tackle these in a self-regulation mode.

V.Registration of Belgian entities in SMP: SP to inform their customers and register first their receiving capabilities with 0208 Identifer

VI.Move out HSMP: When onboarding Belgian customers, don’t forget to first migrate them from HSMP to your SMP.

VII.Backlog / AOB / Next forum: Self-Billing is there, tools might need to support this process too.

35  Mar 18, 2025 

13:30 - 15:00

  • Advalvas-Axway

  • Billit

  • C&W Logistics

  • Codabox

  • Comax

  • Cronos

  • eConnect

  • Edicom

  • Effect

  • e-invoice

  • Exact

  • Gdev

  • GHX

  • Horus Software

  • Ixor

  • Netfly

  • NTX

  • Nymus

  • Octopus

  • Odoo

  • OpenText

  • Pagero

  • Scrada

  • Soluz.io

  • Sparkit

  • speos

  • Tradeinterop

  • Travelnote

  • UnifiedPost

  • VAT-IT

  • Visma

  • Wolters Kluwer

I.BE SP Forum - improving the model

II.MLS

III.Self-Billing

IV.SMP Redirect

V.Peppol Reporting

VI.SBDH envelop vs EndpointID

VII.Registrations of Belgian entities in SMP: the rule of the game

VIII.MTCI

IX.Backlog / AOB / Next forum

 

II.MLS

  • Workgroup1 to be set up to align Belgian needs thru active workshops of participants.

  • Call to candidates to come.

IV.SMP Redirect

  • workgroup2 to be set up to align Belgian needs thru active workshops of participants.

  • Call to candidates to come.

VI.SBDH envelop vs EndpointID

  • Topic agreed upon searched and confirmed information from Nymus

VII.Registrations of Belgian entities in SMP: the rule of the game:

  • 0208 first

VIII.MTCI:

  • Reminder

IX.Backlog / AOB / Next forum

  • GA on 9.4

  • Peppol Conference on 17-18.6

34  Dec 10, 2024 

13:30 - 15:00

  • Arco

  • B2B Router

  • b2bgrid

  • B2Boost

  • Babelway - Tradeshift

  • C&W Logistics

  • Codabox

  • eConnect

  • Edicom

  • Exact

  • GHX

  • Horus Software

  • Ixor

  • Nestoya

  • Netfly

  • NTX

  • Nymus

  • Octopus

  • Odoo

  • Pagero

  • Scrada

  • soluz.io

  • Speos

  • Teamleader

  • Tradeinterop

  • UnifiedPost

  • VAT-IT

I.Knowledge of Peppol evolution

II.Organisation with 1 CBE and multiple (sub)entities receiving invoices (by Exact)

III.Use of Hermes - an update

IV.Peppol Reporting

V.SMP Redirect

VI.Peppol and Belgian forum web presence

VII.MTCI – Daily Limit

VIII.BE SP Forum - improving the model (postponed to next Forum)

IX.Backlog / AOB / Next forum

 

 

II. Organisation with 1 CBE and multiple (sub)entities receiving invoices (by Exact)

Relevant topic for SP community.
Use of branch number not recommended because not the same from one enterprise to another.
Use of CBE id as “primary” endpoint understood.
Role of business communication understood. Limits of the standardization of this type of scenarii understood. Analysis continues. Potential topic for the 35th SP Forum agenda.