About this reference

Every notification you receive for France contains one or more status codes. These status codes provide the following information about the SCICloudStatusCode:

• The matching French reform code

• Who sends it

• Whether it's mandatory to the Plateforme Agréée (PA)

• What it means

Three independent code sets appear in France notifications. They're all three-digit numbers, but they don't overlap in meaning:

SCICloudStatusCode

A Sovos platform code. This is the primary code to rely on. It tells you exactly where a document is in the workflow and if you need to take any action.

French reform code

France's e-invoicing reform (XP Z12-014) defines this code. It always appears alongside the matching SCICloudStatusCode in this reference.

PPF ProcessConditionCode

A code the Portail Public de Facturation (PPF) returns in its own response documents (CDAR format). Only some SCICloudStatusCode values have a matching PPF code.

A separate code, SCIStatusAction, tells you whether a response requires action from you (for example, NOA for "no action required").

Status code lookup

Invoice delivery phase codes

The delivery phase covers an invoice moving from Sovos to the buyer's platform (PA). Sovos and the buyer's platforms set these statuses automatically. You don't submit them.

Invoice treatment phase codes

The treatment phase covers business actions the buyer or seller posts against an invoice after it's delivered. Buyers and sellers submit these statuses themselves, as a Standard Business Document (SBD) containing a CDAR body.

Refusée: what happens next

When you submit Refusée, Sovos sends the status to the PPF, which cancels the VAT pre-fill for both parties. Use Refusée only when you refuse the invoice in full, not for disputes about content (use En litige instead). If you refuse an invoice, don't book it. After Refusée is set, the invoice lifecycle closes at the PPF. No further mandatory statuses can post against it.

Encaissée: when it's required

In France, VAT on services is due when payment is received by default, not at invoice date. Encaissée is required for service invoices where the seller hasn't elected TVA sur débits (VAT on debit), and for down payment invoices subject to the same rule. Report it to the PPF in these cases. Submit it as soon as payment is reconciled.

E-report status codes

These codes apply to e-reports (Flow 10) rather than invoices. Errors can occur at three points: Sovos validation, PPF receipt, or PPF processing.

PPF rejection reason codes

When the PPF rejects a regulatory data extract, a report, or a mandatory lifecycle status, the rejection notification includes one or more of these reason codes.

For all PPF rejections, correct the data and resubmit. The original required status obligation remains, so you must resubmit a PPF-rejected Encaissée or Refusée with corrected data.

Correlate a response with its original document

Use one of these two mechanisms, depending on what you submitted:

For invoices and e-reports

For invoices and e-reports, the CDAR AcknowledgementDocument block references the original document by invoice number, issue date, and seller SIREN.

For a lifecycle status you submitted

For a lifecycle status you submitted, the notification includes a referenceTransactionId that links back to your original submission. Use this value to match the PPF's response to the specific status you sent.