Country-specific Configuration for France

Customer Setup

To configure customers for France E-Invoicing and E-Reporting:

  1. Go to Lists > Relationships > Customers.

  2. Open the customer record and click Edit.

  3. Configure required fields:

    • PEPPOL ID on the E-Document subtab: must match 0225:FRCTCElectronicAddress

    • Tax Registration Number on the Financial subtab

    • Terms on the Financial subtab for due date population

    • ICD Value and Company Identification Number on the Entity Identification subtab:

      France EI

      • 0002: SIREN

      • 0225: FRCTC Electronic Address

      France E-Reporting

      • 0002: SIREN (for French companies)

      • 0223: UE_HORS_FRANCE (max 18 characters) = Tax Registration Number (for EU Companies)

      • 0227: HORS_UE (max 18 characters) = Country Code + 16 first characters of Company Name (for non-EU Companies)

      • 0228: RIDET (for New Caledonia Companies)

      • 0229: TAHITI (for Tahiti Companies)

  4. (Optional) Go to Customer record > Entity Identification subtab and select ICD Value and set Company Identification Number (ICD = 0009 - SIRET, ICD = 0224 - Routing Code).

    Note:

    Entity Identification data are used in the E-Document and Transaction Response UBL files to identify customer and to define the electronic address.

  5. On the Customer record under the E-Document subtab, select the France E-Document package.

  6. Click Save.

Vendor Setup

To configure vendors for France E-Invoicing and E-Reporting:

  1. Go to Lists > Relationships > Vendors.

  2. Open the vendor record and click Edit.

  3. Configure required fields:

    • PEPPOL ID on the E-Document subtab: must match 0225:FRCTCElectronicAddress

    • Tax Registration Number on the Financial subtab

    • ICD Value and Company Identification Number on the Entity Identification subtab:

      France EI

      • 0002: SIREN

      • 0225: FRCTC Electronic Address

      France E-Reporting

      • 0002: SIREN (for French companies)

      • 0223: UE_HORS_FRANCE (max 18 characters) = Tax Registration Number (for EU Companies)

      • 0227: HORS_UE (max 18 characters) = Country Code + 16 first characters of Company Name (for non-EU Companies)

      • 0228: RIDET (for New Caledonia Companies)

      • 0229: TAHITI (for Tahiti Companies)

  4. (Optional) Go to Customer record > Entity Identification subtab and select ICD Value and set Company Identification Number (ICD = 0009 - SIRET, ICD = 0224 - Routing Code).

    Note:

    Entity Identification data are used in the E-Document and Transaction Response UBL files to identify customer and to define the electronic address.

  5. On E-Document subtab, select the France E-Document package.

  6. Click Save.

Subsidiary Setup

For subsidiary setup in sandbox, use the dummy SIREN number and the related FRCTC Electronic Address created during France Mandate Activation.

To configure subsidiaries for France E-Invoicing:

  1. Go to Setup > E-Documents > Electronic Invoicing Preferences.

  2. Select subsidiary and click Edit.

  3. Configure required values:

    • PEPPOL ID equal to 0225:FRCTCElectronicAddress.

    • Entity Identification values: 0002 - SIREN, 0225 - FRCTC Electronic Address.

      Note:

      Entity Identification data are used in the E-Document and Transaction Response UBL files to identify the subsidiary and define the electronic address to be used for sending/receiving, especially Transaction Responses.

  4. Configure optional values as needed: 0009 - SIRET, 0224 - Routing Code, 0231 - Single taxable company (France).

  5. Click Save.

If you want to send E-Documents and Transaction Responses from NetSuite, you must set up the address line in Avalara.

To create addressing lines in Avalara:

  1. Use the SIREN format or the SIREN_suffix format recommended by AFNOR. Other formats are also accepted.

  2. Specify a start date no earlier than the day after you create the addressing line. This allows time for the directory update.

  3. Select Sender to send invoices, Receiver to receive invoices, or both to send and receive invoices using the same addressing line.

    • Selecting Sender registers the address in the PEPPOL Directory.

    • Selecting Receiver registers the address in the PPF directory and the PEPPOL Directory.

  4. Record the addressing line in a NetSuite Subsidiary Entity Identification record.

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