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Live webinar: one month after France's first e-invoicing go-live, what's next for SMBs? Lessons from Phase 1 of France's mandate
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On September 1, 2026, France’s e-invoicing reform hit its first major milestone: large and mid-sized companies now have to issue electronic invoices and file e-reporting through a certified Plateforme Agréée (PA), and every business in France, whatever its size, can now receive them.

A month in, what’s the market actually doing? Join Diego Mersch and Michel Colin from Babelway, along with Thibault Samson, co-founder of The Invoicing Hub, for a 1-hour live session taking stock of Phase 1 and turning the early lessons into a concrete plan for SMBs facing their own deadline on September 1, 2027.

We’ll cover where the rollout actually stands one month after the large- and mid-sized company deadline, what caught companies off guard in Phase 1 and how SMBs can sidestep the same issues, what to look for when choosing a Plateforme Agréée, how Babelway supports businesses of every size based on experience with e-invoicing mandates outside France, and the practical first steps SMBs can take now instead of waiting until 2027 is close.

This session is for finance, AP/AR, compliance, and IT leaders at companies in France that need to comply by September 1, 2027, and who want a clear, practical view of what’s ahead grounded in what’s already happened. You’ll hear directly from Babelway and an independent e-invoicing expert on how the first month actually went, with time reserved for live Q&A.

Register today to get ahead of your 2027 deadline.

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Babelway is a self-service B2B integration platform that makes Peppol and e-invoicing compliance accessible to SMBs without requiring external IT resources.

A certified Peppol Access Point since 2014, Babelway connects companies to the Peppol network and converts data across any format (UBL, XML, EDIFACT, X12, PDF, JSON, CSV) and protocol (AS2, SFTP, OFTP, VAN). Trusted by 650+ customers across 26 countries, including two national governments, Babelway processes 600M+ messages annually with 99.99% availability.

Drag-and-drop transformations, transparent tiered pricing, automatic upgrades, and SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR compliance make e-invoicing adoption simple.

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