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Chapter II: INVOICING AND PAYMENT TERMS and CONDITIONS

Article D2192-1 of the French Public procurement code

The electronic invoicing standard referred to in Article L. 2192-3 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 D2192-2 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. 2192-1 to L. 2192-3 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 be…

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Article R2192-3 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. 2192-5. 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 R2192-11 of the French Public procurement code

By way of derogation from article R. 2192-10, 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 order no. 2004-503 of 7 June 2004 transposing directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and public undertakings, with the exception of those having…

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Article R2192-12 of the French Public procurement code

Subject to the provisions of articles R. 2192-13, R. 2192-17 and R. 2192-18, the payment period runs from the date of receipt of the request for payment by the contracting authority or, if the contract so provides, by the project manager or any other person authorised for this purpose.

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Article R2192-14 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 R2192-15 of the French Public procurement code

When the request for payment is sent electronically pursuant to Articles L. 2192-1 to L. 2192-3, the date of receipt of the request for payment by the contracting authority corresponds to : 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 electronic…

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Article R2192-16 of the French Public procurement code

For the payment of the balance of works or project management contracts concluded by the State, its public establishments of a non-industrial and non-commercial nature, local authorities and their public establishments, the payment period runs from the date of receipt by the project owner of the general and final account drawn up in accordance with the conditions set out in the general administrative clauses applicable to works contracts and project…

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