Document format and locale facts for France

Why these defaults?

The country code comes from ISO 3166. Unicode CLDR supplies presentation-oriented locale, currency, paper, date, language, calendar, numbering, and direction metadata. Defaults reduce setup time; they do not decide what a valid document must contain.

Recorded official or regional-official language tags: fr.

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Document vocabulary and checks

French ordinary invoice particulars, business-document and electronic-format retention boundaries, and the phased accredited-platform electronic-invoicing rollout are reviewed from public-service and tax-administration sources. This generator does not route through an accredited platform or perform e-reporting. Special invoice mentions and transaction type remain separate checks.

Evidence snapshot: 4 official sources · last reviewed 2026-07-20. This is scoped guidance, not a jurisdiction-wide compliance certification.

Tax labels: TVA. Business identifier labels: Numéro de TVA intracommunautaire / SIREN / SIRET.

• Guidance: A French invoice needs its issue date, continuous unique number, sale or service date, seller and buyer identity, VAT identification when applicable, item or service details, quantity and unit price, VAT rate and amount, discounts, and totals excluding and including tax.Evidence FR_SERVICE_PUBLIC_INVOICE_PARTICULARS · reviewed 2026-07-18 · review by 2027-01-18 · automation advisory only
• Required when applicable: French business supporting documents, including customer and supplier invoices, are generally retained for ten years from the close of the accounting year. Computer-issued or received invoices also have a six-year tax-format preservation rule described for the electronic-invoicing reform.Evidence FR_SERVICE_PUBLIC_RETENTION, FR_SERVICE_PUBLIC_EINVOICE · reviewed 2026-07-20 · review by 2027-01-20 · automation advisory only
• Guidance: France's phased domestic electronic-invoicing reform requires in-scope invoices to pass through an accredited platform; receipt begins for all businesses on 1 September 2026, with phased issuance dates. This generator does not route through an accredited platform or perform e-reporting.Evidence FR_SERVICE_PUBLIC_EINVOICE, FR_IMPOTS_EINVOICE · reviewed 2026-07-18 · review by 2027-01-18 · automation advisory only

Identifier format guidance: See the relevant authority.