FR · Country and locale facts
Invoice format and locale facts for France
Use these defaults as a practical starting point for presentation. ISO/CLDR formatting facts are not legal or tax advice, and reviewed jurisdiction guidance is identified separately.
Currency & locale
EUR · fr-FR
Paper & date
A4 · DD/MM/YYYY (DMY)
Language
fr (official) · LTR
Text system
gregory calendar · latn digits
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.
Selected national claims reviewed
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.
Reviewed official sources
- French Public Service - mandatory invoice informationLast reviewed 2026-07-18Registry record FR_SERVICE_PUBLIC_INVOICE_PARTICULARS
- French tax administration - electronic invoicing overviewLast reviewed 2026-07-18Registry record FR_IMPOTS_EINVOICE
- French Public Service - business-document retention periodsLast reviewed 2026-07-20Registry record FR_SERVICE_PUBLIC_RETENTION
- French Public Service - electronic invoicing rolloutLast reviewed 2026-07-20Registry record FR_SERVICE_PUBLIC_EINVOICE
Registry provenance
- ISO 3166 Country Codescode-list · last checked 2026-07-15
- Unicode CLDR 48.2formatting-metadata · last checked 2026-07-15
- Unicode CLDR Territory-Language Informationformatting-metadata · last checked 2026-07-15
Other documents with France defaults
Each generator below requests France locale, currency, and paper defaults from the editor. Reviewed tax labels are applied only where supported; confirm the research status above before relying on jurisdiction-specific fields.