French e-invoicing in Odoo: the complete 2026 guide

The reform in brief

What Odoo handles

Before you start: prerequisites

• Odoo 17, 18 or 19: the module does not exist in Odoo 16 and earlier (see our Odoo 19 migration page).
• The France - E-Invoicing (Approved Platform) module installed: it installs with the French accounting localization.
• Your company's SIREN number filled in on its record.
• The email address of a legal representative and an ID document (ID card, passport or residence permit).
• Invoices where each line has a product or a label, and exactly one tax.

Step by step: activate Odoo's approved platform

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   Step 1. Open the settings

   Go to Settings > Accounting (or, from the Accounting app, Configuration > Settings). The French Electronic Invoicing section sits just below the fiscal localization block, before Taxes. Click Activate Electronic Invoicing.

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   Step 2. Enter the legal representative

   In the Send via French electronic invoicing window, enter a legal representative's email, click Authenticate, then Begin authentication.

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   Step 3. Select your name

   In the Accessing the legal representatives of your company window, click Check status, select your name in Please select who you are, then Confirm.

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   Step 4. Verify your identity

   Click Open authentication page, then Receive a code. Enter the 5-digit code received by email and confirm. In the Identity verification window, click Next, then upload your ID with the + icon under Add your document here.

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   Step 5. Sign the designation form

   Review the Attestation de désignation de plateforme agréée (certificate designating the approved platform) with Next, tick both boxes (documents read, terms of use and signature certificate accepted), then click Sign. The signed certificate can then be downloaded.

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   Step 6. Validate the registration

   Back in Odoo, click Refresh. Check that the Identifier field contains your SIREN, then click Validate Registration (Production).

   Registration in the e-invoicing directory takes effect the following day.

   

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   Step 7. Set the options

   Once registered, the French Electronic Invoicing section shows "Your french e-invoicing ID 0225:…" followed by your SIREN, and the date of registration in the directory. Fill in Contact Email, check Incoming Invoices Journal (set automatically), enable Enable e-reporting & sending of invoices to the PPF if e-reporting applies to you, and choose E-Reporting Periodicity according to your VAT regime.

   

Prepare your customer records

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   Step 1. Fill in the identifier

   In Customers > Customers, open the record. Check that the country is France, then in the Sales & Purchase tab, Misc section, fill in Company ID with the SIREN. Odoo copies it automatically into the France FRCTC Electronic Address of the Accounting tab.

   

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   Step 2. Check the customer in the directory

   In the Accounting tab, Customer Invoices section, click Verify. If the customer is registered, Odoo shows Partner is in the annuaire. Set French E-Invoicing as the preferred sending method at the same time.

Send an electronic invoice

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   Step 1. Check the invoice

   Make sure the customer is in the directory and that each line has a product or a label, with exactly one tax.

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   Step 2. Send

   Click Send on the posted invoice. In the sending window, make sure French E-Invoicing is enabled, then click Send. Several invoices can also be sent in batches from the list.

   

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   Step 3. Track delivery

   In the Other Info tab, the status changes to Done once the invoice reaches the customer's platform. If an error occurs, details appear in the invoice's chatter. To force an update, use Fetch E-invoicing Status on the sales journal in the dashboard.

   

Receive and refuse vendor bills

• Confirm: the bill is validated and follows your usual process.
• Cancel: you refuse the bill. In the Send Response window, choose the reason code, add a note for the vendor if needed, then send.
• To fetch without waiting: Fetch E-invoicing Documents on the incoming invoices journal, from the dashboard.

E-reporting in Odoo

The Invoices and Payments buttons of a report list the documents it contains. If you correct an invoice already reported (reset to draft, then post again), Odoo sends the correction automatically. For point of sale sales, the France - E-reporting for POS module installs automatically when the Point of Sale app is present.

Public-sector invoices: Chorus Pro

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   Step 1. Prepare Odoo

   Install the France - Factur-X integration with Chorus Pro module, register on Peppol and create an account on the Chorus Pro portal if you do not have one. Fill in your company's SIRET.

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   Step 2. Configure the public customer

   On the public body's record, check the country, VAT and SIRET. In the Accounting tab, Customer Invoices section, select the BIS Billing 3.0 format, then the France SIRET identifier with the reference 11000201100044 used by Chorus Pro.

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   Step 3. Complete the invoice

   In the invoice's Other Info tab, fill in the buyer reference (the "service exécutant" in Chorus Pro) and the contract reference (the "numéro de marché").

Common errors and fixes