Philp Helger again released a lot of open source, including, but not limited to
PHORM (his peppol validator Phive as REST API?)
and (as a reaction to Zebra) ph-redact .
Additionally he apparently managed to consolidate the previously individual parts of what was needed to run a Peppop AP into a single PHOSS-AP and already has pilot users. Please note that Peppol is a non-profit not a non-commercial EDI provider, i.e. you will still need a commercial Peppol certificate to actually go live with our AP as well as to comply to their rules e.g. often requiring ISO 27001.
Since March 27th, the AWV extended it’s set of (PDF+XML) examples and publishes updates independently from the Factur-X/ZUGFeRD releases.
There is a free english version (“consultation”) of AFNOR XP-Z12012, which will become important as of September particularly in France.
Actually someone had patched (issue #1089) parts of it’s schematron into Mustang (see this announcement).
One will need commercial service providers (formerly called PDPs) to send/receive domestic e-invoices in France as of September.
As regards to the question if commercial service providers will also be required in germany : We know that the obligation to submit german B2B e-invoices to the authorities will be introduced much later, long after the obligation to write electronic invoices 01.01.2027 for big and medium companies and 01.01.2028 also for small companies, but before ViDA in July 2030.
The german IRS does not yet know if it will become free or only “cheap” and now towards end of April at least one political party – the CDU – now also plays it safe with an very unspectacular this-is-not-yet-decided-statement.
This is independently from B2G-invoices whose manual submission will most probably remain free: the possibility for an automatic submission via an open REST API had been turned off, potentially to support the proprietary Peppol channel?
However, as long as nobody confirms B2B e-invoicing will remain free: feel free to support our according petition.