Introduction to Chorus

Since January 1, 2017, all French public entities have been required to accept dematerialized invoices sent by their suppliers. The issuers of invoices destined to the public sphere are also concerned by this requirement and need to progressively transition to dematerialized invoices.

These provisions have been mandatory since:

  • 01/01/2018 for intermediate-sized companies;
  • 01/01/2019 for small and medium-sized companies.

In this context, as a private or public entity sending invoices to a public entity (State, local public sector entities and public institutions), you must comply with some billing requirements.

There are two options available depending on the number of invoices generated by your company for public entities:

  • If you have a few invoices to submit, you can manually save them via the CHORUS PRO portal.
  • If you have a lot of invoices to submit, you can set up Akuiteo in order to dematerialize these invoices and you can then transfer them via the CHORUS PRO portal.
1 Sign up to CHORUS PRO.
2 Set up Akuiteo with the help of a consultant.
3 Create dematerialized invoices.
4 Generate invoices in XML format.
5 Transfer invoices to CHORUS PRO:
  • Either manually via the CHORUS PRO portal;
  • Or by asking your IT service to connect to the CHORUS platform and transfer the XML files in "EDI mode";
  • Or automatically by using CHORUS PRO.