THE DEFINITIVE SOLUTION FOR E-INVOICING IN France

THE DEFINITIVE SOLUTION
FOR E-INVOICING IN France

France E-Invoicing:
Integrate Accredited PA
Compliance via a Single API

Bridge your ERP, SaaS, or billing platform directly to the French E-Invoicing Network (Portail Public de Facturation - PPF). A-Cube handles 5-Corner PA routing, DGFiP compliance, Annuaire lookups, CDAR lifecycle synchronization, and E-Reporting—so your engineering team doesn't have to rebuild core architecture.

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Explore the France API Documentation
Explore the France API Documentation
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HOW IT WORKS

HOW IT WORKS

The UAE 5-Corner model made simple

France mandates a Decentralized Continuous Transaction Control and Exchange (DCTCE) framework. A-Cube acts as your Accredited Partner Dematerialization Platform (Plateforme Agréée/PA), handling peer-to-peer invoice exchange and automated tax data concentration to the government portal (PPF).

The 5-Corner explained


  1. Supplier ERP/Software System

    Generates the raw invoice data.

  2. Supplier Accredited Platform (A-Cube PA)

    Validates, formats (Factur-X/UBL/CII), routes to buyer, and reports tax data to PPF.

  3. Buyer Accredited Platform (Buyer PA)

    Receives, validates, and sends back status updates.

  4. Buyer ERP
    Ingests compliant structured invoice into accounting.

  5. PPF/DGFiP
    Central directory (Annuaire) & Tax data repository.

Why the 5-Corner model matters?


  • Zero government portal bottlenecks (peer-to-peer routing)

  • Automated format conversion (Formats du Socle)

  • Real-time lifecycle status sync across all 5 corners


key capabilities

Triple-Format Engine (Formats du Socle)

Submit clean REST JSON or standard payloads; A-Cube automatically formats, validates, and signs compliant Factur-X (hybrid PDF/A-3 + XML), UBL 2.1, or CII files.

Automated Entity Onboarding & KYC/KYB

Register customer legal entities via 9-digit SIREN/14-digit SIRET numbers with a frictionless 2-step API workflow that manages official DGFiP registry assignment.

Native Annuaire Directory Lookup

Query our synchronized local mirror of the central PPF directory in real-time to fetch recipient electronic routing identifiers before dispatching invoices.

Full-Lifecycle Real-Time Webhooks (CDAR Sync)

Event-driven updates across every phase of the French invoice lifecycle. Automate mandatory statuses and optional states seamlessly via simple API endpoints.

Responsibility Matrix

What A-Cube handles

Your system

Your system
Your system

A-Cube Platform

A-Cube Platform
A-Cube Platform

ERP Data Extraction

ERP Data Extraction

Extract raw invoice/order data

-

UUID & Technical ID Generation

UUID & Technical ID Generation

-

Fully Managed
(Generates 128-bit UUID v4 & unique messaging IDs)

JSON-to-XML Mapping

JSON-to-XML Mapping

Optional (if sending JSON)

Fully Managed 

(Converts payload to Factur-X, UBL, or CII)

EN 16931 & DGFiP Validation

EN 16931 & DGFiP Validation

-

Fully Managed

(Runs multi-tier syntax & Schematron validation)

Annuaire Directory Lookup

Annuaire Directory Lookup

Trigger API Lookup

Fully Managed

(Maintains 24h synced mirror of PPF registry)

Peer-to-Peer PDP Routing

Peer-to-Peer PDP Routing

-

Fully Managed 

(Direct AS4/Peppol transmission between Accredited Platforms)

PPF Tax Reporting

PPF Tax Reporting

Consume Webhook notifications

Fully Managed 

(Extracts & submits mandatory tax subsets to Corner 5)

Lifecycle Status Tracking (CDAR)

Lifecycle Status Tracking (CDAR)

Consume Webhook notifications

Fully Managed 

(Processes & propagates real-time status updates)

Built-in Complex Scenarios

Built-in Complex Scenarios

Automated E-Reporting Engine

Automated Retry
& Withdrawal Logic

Aggregation, and transmission of tax summary and payment data for B2C transactions and international B2B sales exempt from real-time E-Invoicing.

Automated Retry & CDAR Dispute Management

Automated Retry & CDAR Dispute Management

Built-in network resilience with exponential-backoff retries for temporary outages, plus standardized API workflows to handle commercial refusals and technical rejections.

Enterprise SLA Management

Enterprise SLA Management

High-availability AS4 messaging infrastructure ensuring high throughput, uptime, and predictable transmission SLA compliance across all 5 corners.

Q&A

How is A-Cube priced for French E-Invoicing?

Can we offer French E-Invoicing under our own software brand?

How does A-Cube handle multi-tenancy for software platforms managing thousands of French companies?

Do we need local French infrastructure or complex Factur-X/XML encoding to comply with DGFiP?

Can we use the same API integration to expand beyond France?

key capabilities

Triple-Format Engine (Formats du Socle)

Submit clean REST JSON or standard payloads; A-Cube automatically formats, validates, and signs compliant Factur-X (hybrid PDF/A-3 + XML), UBL 2.1, or CII files.

Automated Entity Onboarding & KYC/KYB

Register customer legal entities via 9-digit SIREN/14-digit SIRET numbers with a frictionless 2-step API workflow that manages official DGFiP registry assignment.

Native Annuaire Directory Lookup

Query our synchronized local mirror of the central PPF directory in real-time to fetch recipient electronic routing identifiers before dispatching invoices.

Full-Lifecycle Real-Time Webhooks (CDAR Sync)

Event-driven updates across every phase of the French invoice lifecycle. Automate mandatory statuses and optional states seamlessly via simple API endpoints.

Responsibility Matrix

What A-Cube handles

Your system

Your system
Your system

A-Cube Platform

A-Cube Platform
A-Cube Platform

ERP Data Extraction

Extract raw invoice/order data

-

UUID & Technical ID Generation

-

Fully Managed
(Generates 128-bit UUID v4 & unique messaging IDs)

JSON-to-XML Mapping

Optional (if sending JSON)

Fully Managed 

(Converts payload to Factur-X, UBL, or CII)

EN 16931 & DGFiP Validation

-

Fully Managed

(Runs multi-tier syntax & Schematron validation)

Annuaire Directory Lookup

Trigger API Lookup

Fully Managed

(Maintains 24h synced mirror of PPF registry)

Peer-to-Peer PDP Routing

-

Fully Managed 

(Direct AS4/Peppol transmission between Accredited Platforms)

PPF Tax Reporting

Consume Webhook notifications

Fully Managed 

(Extracts & submits mandatory tax subsets to Corner 5)

Lifecycle Status Tracking (CDAR)

Consume Webhook notifications

Fully Managed 

(Processes & propagates real-time status updates)

Built-in Complex Scenarios

Automated Retry
& Withdrawal Logic

Aggregation, and transmission of tax summary and payment data for B2C transactions and international B2B sales exempt from real-time E-Invoicing.

Automated Retry & CDAR Dispute Management

Built-in network resilience with exponential-backoff retries for temporary outages, plus standardized API workflows to handle commercial refusals and technical rejections.

Enterprise SLA Management

High-availability AS4 messaging infrastructure ensuring high throughput, uptime, and predictable transmission SLA compliance across all 5 corners.

Q&A

How is A-Cube priced for French E-Invoicing?

Can we offer French E-Invoicing under our own software brand?

How does A-Cube handle multi-tenancy for software platforms managing thousands of French companies?

Do we need local French infrastructure or complex Factur-X/XML encoding to comply with DGFiP?

Can we use the same API integration to expand beyond France?

Prepare your software
for French E-Invoicing compliance

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