Creating a compliant file is step one. Since September 2026, delivering it works differently too. Attaching a Factur-X PDF to an email is no longer enough. The French e-invoicing reform moves domestic B2B invoices off the inbox and onto an accredited exchange network: your invoice leaves through a platform, reaches your customer through a platform, and reports its data to the tax administration along the way. Get Factur-X does all three for you from this page. Read our complete guide to the 2026 mandate →
How invoices travel under the French reform
The reform replaces point-to-point invoice delivery with a regulated network. As a supplier, you deposit your invoice on the platform you use. That platform validates the file, finds your customer in the central directory (the annuaire), and hands the invoice to the Plateforme Agréée your customer has chosen. Statuses then flow back along the same path, so you see the invoice being received, approved, or refused.
The Portail Public de Facturation (PPF) no longer exchanges invoices itself: it maintains the directory and concentrates invoicing and e-reporting data for the tax administration. The actual transport happens between accredited platforms, which is why every French business needs one, and why interoperability between them matters so much.
Where Get Factur-X fits
Get Factur-X covers the whole chain from one account. Create EN 16931 invoices, validate files before they go out, convert CII XML into hybrid PDFs, and read any e-invoice like a paper one. And this page is the send button: your invoice goes into the French exchange network through an accredited platform, reaches your customer wherever they are registered, and its delivery statuses come back to you. Invoices from your suppliers arrive in the same account. No ERP integration, no second subscription, no platform to choose and contract with yourself.
Key dates for e-invoicing in France
Since 2020 - invoices to the public sector (B2G) already flow electronically through Chorus Pro, which accepts Factur-X.
1 September 2026 - every business established in France must be able to receive e-invoices; large and mid-sized companies must also issue them through the network.
1 September 2027 - the issuing obligation extends to SMEs and micro-enterprises: from this point, virtually every domestic B2B invoice in France is electronic.
Get ready before the switch
The businesses that struggle are the ones fixing their invoice data at the deadline. Produce compliant Factur-X files, check them against the rules your customers' platforms apply, and send them from the same place in one click. Learn how the Factur-X format works →