on 2 September 2026
Registering on a French e-invoicing platform is the step that makes your company reachable, and it takes about ten minutes:
- your company number is enough: the platform fetches your legal name and legal representative on its own;
- no paperwork to prepare, beyond an ID document and a phone;
- nothing to install: everything happens in your browser, then in DoliPlus;
- once and for all: from then on, your invoices travel without you thinking about it.
In other words, one morning is enough to be compliant. After that, your supplier invoices land straight in DoliPlus, with nothing to re-key.
DoliPlus is the enhanced cloud edition of Dolibarr.
Why your company has to be registered
Since the French reform, business-to-business invoices no longer travel freely by email. They pass through a French e-invoicing platform approved by the State, which acts as the postal service.
That platform therefore has to know who you are. Your invoices will travel under your identity, and the tax authority holds the platform accountable for it.
The deadline is close, too: from 1 September 2026, every French company must be able to receive its supplier invoices in electronic format. The obligation to issue them comes later, depending on company size.
What to have at hand
- the company registration number (SIREN), nine digits. The rest is fetched automatically.
- an ID document for the legal representative: identity card, passport or residence permit.
- a phone with a camera, because the verification happens from a mobile.
Registering on the French e-invoicing platform, screen by screen
Registering on the French e-invoicing platform takes four screens. Go to the platform website, then click “Create an account”.
1. The account type
Choose “Production – Legal representative”. That choice is what triggers the company verification. Any other account type would let you neither issue nor genuinely receive.
2. Your company
Enter your company number. The platform immediately shows your legal name, your address and the registered legal representative, for confirmation.
If the representative shown is not the right one, do not go further. It means your public records reflect an earlier situation; have them corrected at the commercial registry first, otherwise the verification will fail later on.
3. The agreements
Three boxes appear. Two of them really matter:
- “I give my formal agreement to send and receive electronic invoices”: mandatory — this is the mandate you grant the platform;
- taking part in the pilot phase: optional;
- “I want to register in the directory straight away”: essential in order to receive.
Do not skip the third one. The directory is the national address book: it is what lets your suppliers find you. Without that entry, their invoices have no way of reaching you.
4. Identity verification
A QR code finally appears. Scan it with your phone, then photograph the legal representative’s ID document. The file then goes for validation: the answer is sometimes immediate, sometimes a few hours later.
And then? Your invoices arrive on their own
Once your company is registered, one step remains: linking DoliPlus to your account. We do it with you, and it takes five minutes — the full procedure is below.
From then on, your supplier invoices land straight in DoliPlus. You therefore find them where you already work, with no re-keying and no attachment to open.
Connecting DoliPlus, in five minutes
Your French e-invoicing platform account is live; now DoliPlus needs to reach it. Two codes to copy, nothing else: no file, no installation, no technical work.
Plan to be a DoliPlus administrator, since everything happens in the settings. Keep two windows open as well, because you will go back and forth between the platform and DoliPlus.
1. Create your application on the platform
Log in to your account, then open the “Applications” menu. Create an application with these settings:
- Mode: Production.
- Format: Factur-X.
- Type: Confidential.
- IBAN: the account you get paid into.
- Redirect URLs: leave empty.
Four mistakes cost time here. First, picking a mode other than Production. Then filling in the redirect URLs field, which must stay empty. Next, creating the application on the wrong company, if you run several. Finally, copying the codes inaccurately.
On validation, the platform shows two codes: an application ID and a secret.
2. Paste your two codes into DoliPlus
In DoliPlus, open Setup → Modules → Electronic invoicing. Scroll down to the “Production credentials” section, then paste your two codes there. Finally, untick “Sandbox mode”, higher up on the same page.
Indeed, the technical address is identical for testing and for real use: it is the application in play that makes the difference. Therefore check the “Active environment” line: it must read “Production”. Then click Save.
3. Check — the step not to skip
Click “Test the connection”. The expected result is simple: your company name appears. That is the only proof that the right codes are in place, on the right company.
However, a refusal right after creating the application is not necessarily a typing error. The platform checks the link between your application and your company in the background, and it turns calls down until that check completes. So wait a moment, then run the test again before changing anything.
4. Choosing what you open
Still on the same screen, the “Active scope” section opens the two directions separately.
Start with reception only. Untick “Issue customer invoices”. From then on, your supplier invoices arrive in DoliPlus, and nothing leaves from your customer invoices. Why start that way? Because the calendar does not impose both at once: receiving applies to every French company on 1 September 2026, while issuing is phased in until 2027 depending on company size. You will reopen issuing with a single tick, when the time comes.
Let DoliPlus receive your invoices. Leave “Reception delegated to an external platform” unticked. Only tick it if your supplier invoices are received elsewhere — on your accountant’s platform, for instance.
5. The last setting: your IBAN
In the “Company bank account” section, designate the account you get paid into. It will appear on every invoice you issue.
That choice is never automatic, and deliberately so: many companies also hold a factoring account, which must not end up on invoices by accident.
It is live
Your electronic supplier invoices now arrive in DoliPlus. You find them in the supplier invoice list, with their delivery status, without changing your habits.
Going further
- Track where every invoice stands, at any moment
- The supplier data your management reporting is missing
- Drop a PDF and let the supplier invoice fill itself in
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