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France’s e-invoicing deadline remains 1 September 2026, but DGFiP’s latest practical guidance makes clear that business continuity should come first. Companies are expected to prepare seriously, document issues and return to compliant processes quickly, while temporary fallback methods may be used when technical problems arise.

The Peppol network is gradually evolving from a document exchange framework into infrastructure capable of supporting machine-coordinated commercial processes across organizations and jurisdictions.

That may sound abstract at first. But if we look at where the network seems to be heading, particularly through the transition from Message Level Response (MLR) to Message Level Status (MLS), an interesting picture starts to appear.

On 23 June 2026, HMRC's Tax Update 2026 confirmed Peppol as the core interoperability network for the UK's e-invoicing mandate, settling a key open question for businesses and software vendors. This post breaks down what the decision means, the decentralised four-corner model, the confirmed 1 April 2029 scope for B2B and B2G VAT invoices, and what still sits open ahead of the Budget 2026 roadmap, including the emerging PINT UK format. The work of getting ready for the mandate starts now.

OpenPeppol is introducing mandatory security updates for the Peppol network. From 1 February 2026, all Service Metadata Publishers (SMPs) must operate exclusively over HTTPS, and CNAME-based SML lookups will be fully replaced by NAPTR records. These changes improve security and scalability but require Access Point and SMP providers to update certificates, DNS records and software in line with strict transition timelines.