DCTE Proof-of-Concept in France

Welcome to the home page of the invoice exchange DCTE Proof-of-Concept in France. This is a joint OpenPeppol/GENA/FNFE Project which will complete on 31 Dec 24 and then move into Production

Update Dec 2024

For the last two years OpenPeppol, supported by FNFE and GENA, has been conducting a Proof of Concept (PoC)  in France, of which you have been an essential part.  The aim of this PoC as you will know was to implement the requirement of the French Reform for eInvoicing and eReporting and test the exchange of electronic invoices and related status messages using the Peppol Network.  This was successfully achieved and the PoC will conclude at the end of 2024 and its results will be put into production and introduced as specific requirements for France within the Peppol Interoperability Framework as of January 2025.

 From a practical perspective this means that the existing Test Certificates will no longer be valid and more importantly any Participant who has not transferred to full membership will not be able to participate in the Production phase. If you wish to continue to be a member of OpenPeppol you should send a request in English to the OpenPeppol Membership Team;  membership@peppol.eu   They will then be able to advise you further on the different types of membership.  There is more information at https://peppol.org/join/membership/

 In parallel, On Friday 13 December 2024 DGFIP confirmed that the Administration would become the Peppol Authority for France in the coming months. This is an important milestone in the journey towards interoperability among recognised and accredited Service Providers (PDPs) via Peppol, which became even more important since the decision not to exchange electronic invoices through the public platform.  To ensure a smooth transition towards the exchange framework among PDPs production, OpenPeppol will act as an interim Peppol Authority for France until DGFIP is ready to be phased into the role.

 There will be more news in January on the transition to Production and the Peppol Authority arrangements but in the meantime we would like to thank you for your participation and making the Proof of Concept such a success to allow for a transition to Production.

This site has been updated to archive all old folders and the two Enterprise Documents will remain available only.