France PA — registration

Registration is required for any French SIREN that will issue or receive invoices through Invopop as its Plateforme Agréée. It is a prerequisite for the invoicing and status flows.

Each party (a SIREN) is registered once. The workflow collects a signed agreement, registers the party in the French Annuaire, and publishes it on the Peppol network. After it completes, the party can both send and receive invoices. 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 French-specific steps (gov-fr.directory.register) before the Peppol registration.

How it works

Sign agreement for France

Generates the French PA mandate so the party can authorise Invopop to act on its behalf (gov-fr.agreement.sign).

Set State → processing

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

Wait for French agreement upload

Pauses until the signed agreement is uploaded and accepted (gov-fr.agreement.wait.approval). This is a manual gate — the party stays in processing and the workflow does not advance until someone opens the agreement form and signs it. See Complete the agreement below.

Set State → completed

Marks the agreement step as completed before the directory and Peppol registrations run.

Submits the party’s SIREN to the French Annuaire so other PAs can route invoices to it (gov-fr.directory.register).

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

Set State → registered

Marks the party as fully onboarded.

Template
Code

France PA register party workflow

Registers a party in the Annuaire and on the Peppol network for sending and receiving invoices.

Copy and paste into a new Empty Party workflow.

France PA register party workflow

{
    "name": "Directory register supplier",
    "description": "Onboards participants before they can issue or receive invoices",
    "schema": "org/party",
    "steps": [
        {
            "id": "0adf46e0-8fdb-11f0-a8fb-61ec9e5a76ba",
            "name": "Sign agreement for France",
            "provider": "gov-fr.agreement.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 French agreement upload",
            "provider": "gov-fr.agreement.wait.approval"
        },
        {
            "id": "b194f710-5451-11f1-baf5-4f2c2882107f",
            "name": "Set State",
            "provider": "silo.state",
            "summary": "Set state to `completed`{.state .completed}",
            "config": {
                "state": "completed"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d10a4680-1e29-11f1-8bfb-2beaa1df60f0",
            "name": "Register Party in Directory",
            "provider": "gov-fr.directory.register"
        },
        {
            "id": "7a5a4db0-0fae-11f0-b37b-0be1c251a274",
            "name": "Register Peppol Party",
            "provider": "peppol.register",
            "summary": "Sending and Receiving with groups: france",
            "config": {
                "directory": true,
                "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"
            }
        }
    ]
}

Complete the agreement

After the workflow reaches Wait for French agreement upload, the party sits in processing until the PA mandate is signed. This step is manual and required — the party cannot be accepted, registered in the Annuaire, or published on Peppol until it is done. The agreement form is surfaced as a link on the party itself:

Open the party entry

In Console, open the party (silo entry) that the register workflow is running on.

Go to the Meta tab

Open the Meta tab. The Sign agreement for France step publishes an agreement link there (meta key approval-link).

Open and sign the agreement form

Click the link to open the French PA agreement form. Review the mandate that authorises Invopop to act as the party’s Plateforme Agréée, sign it, and submit.

Sign through the API

You can also complete the agreement programmatically — useful when you embed the onboarding in your own product instead of sending the signer to the Invopop form. Once the workflow has paused at Wait for French agreement upload:

Download the unsigned agreement PDF GET /apps/gov-fr/v1/entry/{silo_entry_id}/agreement
The mandate PDF is generated from the party’s data for the signer to review and sign.
Upload the signed agreement POST /apps/gov-fr/v1/entry/{silo_entry_id}/agreement
Send the signed PDF together with the signature method: esignature for an electronic (PAdES) signature, or identity for a handwritten one.
Upload identity images POST /apps/gov-fr/v1/entry/{silo_entry_id}/identity
Only required when the signature method is identity. Upload one image per view: front and back for an ID card, or page for a passport.
Confirm the submission POST /apps/gov-fr/v1/entry/{silo_entry_id}/confirm
Marks the submission as complete and wakes the waiting workflow task.

Whichever way the agreement is signed, once it is submitted and accepted, Wait for French agreement upload resolves and the workflow continues to the directory and Peppol registration steps, ending in registered.

If you don’t open the Meta tab and sign the agreement, the party stays in processing indefinitely — it is never automatically accepted.

Unregistration

Run the unregister workflow to revoke a party’s registrations when it should no longer issue or receive invoices through Invopop.

Unregister Peppol Party

Disables the party in SMP/SML so Peppol traffic no longer routes to it.

Unregister from Directory

Removes the party from the French Annuaire.

Set State → void

Marks the party as unregistered.

Template
Code

France PA unregister party workflow

Revokes Peppol and Annuaire registrations so the party can no longer issue or receive invoices.

Copy and paste into a new Empty Party workflow.

France PA unregister party workflow

{
    "name": "France PA unregister party",
    "description": "Revokes Peppol and French Directory registrations so the party can no longer issue or receive invoices",
    "schema": "org/party",
    "steps": [
        {
            "id": "0a1f4b30-5452-11f1-baf5-4f2c2882107f",
            "name": "Unregister Peppol Party",
            "provider": "peppol.register",
            "summary": "Disable Party",
            "config": {
                "disable": true,
                "visibility": "smp+sml+peppol",
                "doc_groups": []
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "13c84e60-5452-11f1-baf5-4f2c2882107f",
            "name": "Unregister from Directory",
            "provider": "gov-fr.directory.disable"
        },
        {
            "id": "1b8a6b80-5452-11f1-baf5-4f2c2882107f",
            "name": "Set State",
            "provider": "silo.state",
            "summary": "Set state to `void`{.state .void}",
            "config": {
                "state": "void"
            }
        }
    ],
    "rescue": [
        {
            "id": "23e0d3a0-5452-11f1-baf5-4f2c2882107f",
            "name": "Set State",
            "provider": "silo.state",
            "summary": "Set state to `error`{.state .error}",
            "config": {
                "state": "error"
            }
        }
    ]
}

Unregistering does not delete historical data 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

🇫🇷 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

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