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Article D3133-1 of the French Public procurement code

The electronic invoicing standard referred to in Article L. 3133-3 is that set by European Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1870 of 16 October 2017 on the publication of the reference of the European standard on electronic invoicing and the list of syntaxes under Directive 2014/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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Article D3133-2 of the French Public procurement code

Without prejudice to the compulsory information laid down by legislative or regulatory provisions, the invoices referred to in articles L. 3133-1 to L. 3133-3 shall include the following information: 1° The date of issue of the invoice ; 2° The designation of the issuer and recipient of the invoice; 3° The unique number based on a chronological and continuous sequence established by the issuer of the invoice; the numbering may…

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Article R3133-3 of the French Public procurement code

An Order of the Minister for the Budget, appended to this Code, defines the technical procedures for submitting, transmitting and receiving invoices on the public invoicing portal in application of Article L. 3133-6. These procedures guarantee immediate and complete receipt of invoices and ensure reliable identification of the issuer, data integrity, security, confidentiality and traceability of exchanges. Use of the public billing portal is exclusive of any other method of…

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Article R3133-11 of the French Public procurement code

Notwithstanding article R. 3133-10, the payment period is set at : 1° Fifty days for public health establishments and establishments of the armed forces health service; 2° Sixty days for public undertakings within the meaning of II of Article 1 of the Order of 7 June 2004 transposing Directive 80/723/EEC of 25 June 1980 on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and public undertakings, with the exception of…

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Article R3133-14 of the French Public procurement code

The date of receipt of the request for payment and the date of performance of the services shall be established by the services of the contracting authority or, where applicable, by the project manager or the person authorised for this purpose.Failing this, the date of the request for payment plus two days shall be deemed authentic. In the event of a dispute, it is up to the creditor to provide…

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Article R3133-15 of the French Public procurement code

Where the payment request falls under the electronic invoicing obligation provided for in Articles L. 3133-1 to L. 3133-3, the date of receipt of the payment request by the contracting authority corresponds : 1° Where invoices are sent by electronic data interchange, the date on which the State’s budgetary and accounting information system time-stamps the arrival of the invoice and, for other contracting authorities, the date of notification of the…

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Article R3133-16 of the French Public procurement code

Where the concession contract provides for a procedure to verify the conformity of the services, it may stipulate that the payment period runs from the date on which this conformity is established, if this date is later than the date of receipt of the request for payment.The duration of the verification procedure may not exceed thirty days. However, a longer period may be stipulated in the concession contract, provided that…

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