Définition
Peppol (Pan-European Public Procurement OnLine) is an open network and set of specifications for exchanging standardised electronic business documents between organisations. Originally built for EU public procurement, it has become the backbone of several national e-invoicing systems and a voluntary exchange network for private sector B2B.
The core elements are: — Peppol BIS (Business Interoperability Specifications) — the standard document formats, based on EN 16931 for invoices. — Peppol eDelivery Network — a federated network of "Access Points" (service providers) that route messages between organisations. — Peppol Identifier — a unique ID assigned to each participant (typically based on tax ID or Peppol Participant Identifier).
Countries that have mandated or adopted Peppol for public procurement include Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Germany (for some federal transactions). France and Belgium are moving toward Peppol-based mandatory B2B e-invoicing.
For a seller, the practical impact is that they don't need direct integrations with every buyer's system — they connect once to a Peppol Access Point and can reach any other Peppol-connected organisation worldwide.