PEPPOL

PEPPOL (Pan-European Public Procurement On-Line) is a European and worldwide network for electronic invoice delivery. It's the international standard for e-invoicing and e-procurement, enabling businesses to exchange electronic documents across borders.

Usage

PEPPOL is ideal for businesses that need to send electronic invoices internationally or to multiple countries. It's the standard solution for cross-border e-invoicing and is widely adopted across Europe and beyond.

Supported Countries

PEPPOL supports electronic invoice delivery to a wide range of countries. Ecourier can send electronic invoices (sometimes referred to as EAN invoices) to:

Country	Code
Australia	AU
Austria	AT
Belgium	BE
Denmark	DK
Finland	FI
France	FR
Germany	DE
Greece	GR
Iceland	IS
Ireland	IE
Italy	IT
Japan	JP
Malaysia	MY
Netherlands	NL
New Zealand	NZ
Norway	NO
Poland	PL
Singapore	SG
United Kingdom	GB

Document Formats

PEPPOL uses the Peppol BIS (Business Interoperability Specifications) format, which is the international standard for electronic invoicing.

Supported Formats

Format	Version	Status	Default
Peppol BIS	3.0	Stable	✅

Submission Formats

When sending documents via PEPPOL, you can submit them as:

Format	Description
XML	Conform to the Peppol BIS schema
JSON	Send as JSON, and we'll automatically convert it to Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 XML

Participant identifier schemes

PEPPOL supports a wide range of identifier schemes (ISO 6523 ICD codes) for recipient identification. The following table includes commonly used schemes:

Scheme	Country	ICD Code	Description
DUNS	Global	0060	Data Universal Numbering System (D-U-N-S Number)
GLN	Global	0088	GS1 Global Location Number
LEI	Global	0199	Legal Entity Identifier
AD:VAT	AD	9922	Andorra VAT number
AL:VAT	AL	9923	Albanian VAT number
AT:GOV	AT	9915	Austrian government identifier
AT:KUR	AT	9919	Austrian company register identifier
AT:VAT	AT	9914	Austrian VAT number
BA:VAT	BA	9924	Bosnia and Herzegovina VAT number
BE:CBE	BE	0208	Belgian Crossroad Bank of Enterprises
BE:VAT	BE	9925	Belgian VAT number
BG:VAT	BG	9926	Bulgarian VAT number
CH:VAT	CH	9927	Swiss VAT number
CY:VAT	CY	9928	Cypriot VAT number
CZ:VAT	CZ	9929	Czech Republic VAT number
DE:VAT	DE	9930	German VAT number
DK:CVR	DK	0184	Danish CVR (Central Business Register) number
DK:P	DK	0096	Danish P-number (Chamber of Commerce)
DK:SE	DK	9904	Danish VAT registration number (SE-number)
EE:VAT	EE	9931	Estonian VAT number
ES:VAT	ES	9920	Spanish VAT number
EU:NAL	EU	0130	European Commission Directorates
EU:REID	EU	0193	European Business Registers Network
FI:OVT	FI	0037	Finnish VAT number (LY-tunnus)
FR:SIRENE	FR	0002	French SIRENE number
FR:SIRET	FR	0009	French SIRET code
FR:VAT	FR	9957	French VAT number
GB:VAT	GB	9932	United Kingdom VAT number
GR:VAT	GR	9933	Greek VAT number
HR:VAT	HR	9934	Croatian VAT number
HU:VAT	HU	9910	Hungarian VAT number
IE:VAT	IE	9935	Irish VAT number
IS:KT	IS	0196	Icelandic National Registry (Kennitala)
IT:CF	IT	0210	Italian tax code (Codice Fiscale)
IT:FTI	IT	0097	Italian FTI identifier
IT:IPA	IT	0201	Italian Public Administration Index
IT:SECETI	IT	0142	Italian SECETI identifier
IT:SIA	IT	0135	Italian SIA identifier
IT:VAT	IT	0211	Italian VAT number (Partita IVA)
LI:VAT	LI	9936	Liechtenstein VAT number
LT:VAT	LT	9937	Lithuanian VAT number
LU:VAT	LU	9938	Luxembourg VAT number
LV:VAT	LV	9939	Latvian VAT number
MC:VAT	MC	9940	Monaco VAT number
ME:VAT	ME	9941	Montenegro VAT number
MK:VAT	MK	9942	North Macedonia VAT number
MT:VAT	MT	9943	Maltese VAT number
NL:KVK	NL	0106	Netherlands Chamber of Commerce
NL:OIN	NL	0190	Dutch Originator's Identification Number
NL:VAT	NL	9944	Netherlands VAT number
NO:ORGNR	NO	0192	Norwegian organisation number
PL:VAT	PL	9945	Polish VAT number
PT:VAT	PT	9946	Portuguese VAT number
RO:VAT	RO	9947	Romanian VAT number
RS:VAT	RS	9948	Serbian VAT number
SE:ORGNR	SE	0007	Swedish organisation number
SE:VAT	SE	9949	Swedish VAT number
SI:VAT	SI	9950	Slovenian VAT number
SK:VAT	SK	9951	Slovak VAT number
SM:VAT	SM	9952	San Marino VAT number
TR:VAT	TR	9953	Turkish VAT number
VA:VAT	VA	9954	Vatican City VAT number

Note: This table includes commonly used PEPPOL identifier schemes. PEPPOL supports many more ISO 6523 ICD codes. For the complete and up-to-date list, refer to the official PEPPOL Participant Identifier Schemes documentation.