France abolishes the Portail Public de Facturation
This page records one dated change. For the rules in France as they stand today, see the France guide →
- Jurisdiction
- 🇫🇷 France
- Tax
- VAT
- Change type
- E-invoicing
- Status
- In force
- Impact
- Action required
- Announced
- 28 July 2026
- Effective
- 29 July 2026
- Instrument
- FR-DECREE-677-2026
- Authority
- Journal officiel de la République française (Légifrance)
- Systems
- Invoicing, Tax engine, ERP
- Verified
- Fetched from official source · high confidence
Every French business in scope of the 1 September 2026 e-invoicing mandate — there is no longer a free state routing channel, so all of them must be on a private accredited platform.
Confirm your accredited platform (plateforme agréée) designation before the 1 September 2026 mandate start — the PPF no longer exists as a routing alternative — and allow for the 2, 5 and 15 business-day steps if you plan to switch platforms.
InvoicingTax engineERP
Décret n° 2026-677 du 27 juillet 2026, published in JORF n°0174 of 28 July 2026 and in force from 29 July 2026, amends Annexe II of the Code général des impôts to remove the Portail Public de Facturation as a reception and routing channel, replacing the phrase 'Le portail public de facturation' with 'L'annuaire central et la transmission des données à l'administration'. It adds Articles 242 nonies E bis, ter and quater, establishing a formal platform-switching procedure between accredited platforms: the receiving platform notifies the departing platform within 2 business days, the departing platform may contest within 5 business days, the receiving platform updates the central directory within 15 business days, and the departing platform must maintain services for one year after a switch.
What changed in detail
Décret n° 2026-677 du 27 juillet 2026, published in JORF n°0174 and in force from 29 July, amends Annexe II of the Code général des impôts to remove the Portail Public de Facturation as a reception and routing channel — replacing every reference to it with “l’annuaire central et la transmission des données à l’administration”.
The same decree adds Articles 242 nonies E bis, ter and quater, creating a formal procedure for moving between accredited platforms: the receiving platform notifies the departing one within 2 business days, the departing platform may contest within 5, the receiving platform updates the central directory within 15, and the departing platform must keep services running for a year after the switch.
What it means
Five weeks before go-live, the free state fallback is formally gone — every business must be on a private accredited platform. The mobility rules matter more than they look: the one-year continuity obligation is what stops a platform from holding your archive hostage, and the 15-day directory update is the real lead time on any switch. Do not plan a platform migration inside the September window.
Proof
Le portail public de facturation → L'annuaire central et la transmission des données à l'administrationThe public invoicing portal → The central directory and the transmission of data to the administration