EU E-Invoicing
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What you need to do, by when, with which tool, at what cost — and what happens if you don't. Country-by-country guides for EU mandatory B2B e-invoicing.
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Action RequiredGermany — Sending mandate — large businesses
Businesses with revenue >€800,000 must send structured e-invoices
Full guide →France — B2B e-invoicing — Phase 2
Mid-size businesses (ETI: €50M–€1.5B or 250–5,000 employees)
Full guide →Germany — Sending mandate — ALL businesses
All remaining German businesses must send structured e-invoices
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Each country hub gives you regulation overviews, compliance timelines, format requirements, software comparisons, and implementation guides.
Germany
phasedGermany mandates B2B e-invoicing from January 2025 with transitional periods until 2028. XRechnung and ZUGFeRD are the accepted formats. All businesses must be able to receive e-invoices from 1 January 2025.
France
phasedFrance is rolling out mandatory B2B e-invoicing from September 2026 for large enterprises, with full mandate by 2027. The Chorus Pro platform handles B2G invoicing.
Italy
mandatoryItaly was the EU pioneer — B2B e-invoicing has been mandatory since 2019 via the SDI (Sistema di Interscambio). FatturaPA XML is the required format.
Spain
phasedSpain has two parallel e-invoicing tracks: Verifactu, an anti-fraud invoice-software certification mandatory from 1 January 2027 (companies) / 1 July 2027 (self-employed), and the Crea y Crece B2B e-invoicing mandate, dated by Royal Decree 238/2026 at 1 October 2027 (turnover above €8M) and 1 October 2028 (all other businesses).
Poland
phasedPoland launched the mandatory KSeF (Krajowy System e-Faktur) in February 2026 for large taxpayers, extending to all VAT-registered businesses in April 2026. All B2B and B2G invoices must pass through the government KSeF platform and receive a unique KSeF reference number.
Austria
voluntaryAustria has mandated e-invoicing for federal government suppliers since 2014, submitted via the USP (Unternehmensserviceportal) or e-Rechnung.gv.at in ebInterface or Peppol BIS format. B2B e-invoicing remains voluntary — the EU's ViDA package will require cross-border B2B digital reporting from 1 July 2030, but Austria has not yet set a domestic B2B mandate date.
Belgium
mandatoryBelgium has mandated structured B2B e-invoicing for all VAT-registered businesses since 1 January 2026 — no turnover threshold, no phase-in by company size. Invoices must be EN 16931-compliant (Peppol BIS 3.0 / UBL 2.1 or CII 16B) and exchanged over the Peppol network. A 3-month tolerance period ended 31 March 2026; graduated penalties of up to €5,000 now apply.
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Latest EU E-Invoicing News
Regulations, tools & market updates
France's E-Invoicing Mandate: The First Week, By the Numbers
In the week following France's 1 September 2026 e-invoicing go-live, the Portail Public de Facturation logged over 2.5 million invoice flows — but daily rejection rates climbed sharply as new issuers came online, and fewer than half of large companies had issued their first structured e-invoice.
Slovakia Advances ViDA Platform-Economy and Import VAT Rules
On 1 September 2026, Slovakia's government approved draft legislation transposing ViDA's platform-economy deemed-supplier rules, call-off stock changes, and import VAT liability provisions — separate from, and not to be confused with, Slovakia's 2027 eFaktúra e-invoicing mandate.
Poland Extends KSeF Penalty-Free Period Through the End of 2027
Poland's Ministry of Finance announced on 16 September 2026 that it intends to extend the deferral of financial penalties for KSeF errors to 31 December 2027 — a one-year extension that requires a legislative amendment but does not change the underlying mandate dates.
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