Most content on France’s e-invoicing reform explains what an Accredited Platform (PA) is. This guide answers a different question: how do you actually become one, and does it make sense for your business.
Built entirely from DGFiP’s official texts, decrees, and user guides, not marketing copy, it’s a practical resource for ISVs evaluating registration as an Accredited Platform (PA, the current official term, replacing the former “PDP”) under the French e-invoicing reform.
Inside:
The real prerequisites, starting with the one that disqualifies most applicants: a valid ISO/IEC 27001 certification with a scope covering the full invoicing activity. No certification, no application.
The registration file, document by document, with the specific error that gets each piece rejected.
The regulatory review process end to end, with the actual statutory timeframes: instruction, interoperability testing, and validation add up to roughly seven months once the file is ready.
What continues after registration: the mandatory conformity audit, three-year renewal, and the sanctions regime that can lead to withdrawal.
The most overlooked obligation: regulatory onboarding, meaning identity and authority verification, mandate collection, and directory registration, distinct from session authentication.
A side-by-side comparison of the three paths open to an ISV: staying a Compatible Solution, becoming an Accredited Platform on a technical PA’s white-label infrastructure, or building the full platform in-house.
A decision framework by ISV profile.
Who it’s for: CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and product leaders at software vendors serving the French market, or preparing to, who need to decide whether to register as an Accredited Platform or connect to one instead.
Format: full PDF guide, sourced and referenced throughout. In French.
