What is Peppol?
The European e-invoicing network, the Belgian obligation since 1 January 2026, the 0208 and 9925 identifiers, and what Novadesko does for you.
Peppol is an international network for exchanging structured documents between businesses. A Peppol invoice is not a PDF sent by email: it is a standardised XML file, transmitted from one access point to another, which the recipient's software reads without retyping. Novadesko connects you to it, receives your supplier invoices in the Peppol Inbox and sends your sales invoices.
The Belgian obligation
Since 1 January 2026, electronic invoicing via Peppol has been mandatory between Belgian VAT-registered businesses (B2B). A PDF sent by email does not count as an electronic invoice. In practice:
- your Belgian business customers expect your invoices over the network;
- your suppliers send theirs to your Peppol identifier;
- the identifier must exist before the first exchange: see Activate Peppol.
Peppol is reserved for businesses with a valid intra-Community VAT number. Private individuals and customers outside the European Union continue to receive your invoices by email.
Identifiers
Each participant is designated by a scheme and a value, separated by a colon. The scheme indicates the register the number comes from.
| Scheme | Register | Example |
|---|---|---|
0208 |
Belgian company number (CBE), ten digits | 0208:0123456789 |
9925 |
Belgian VAT number | 9925:BE0123456789 |
For a Belgian company, Novadesko registers the 0208 identifier built from the company number. For other countries, the national scheme is derived from the country and the VAT number: 0002 (SIREN) for France, 9938 for Luxembourg, 9944 for the Netherlands, 9930 for Germany.
A customer or supplier is found on the network through the same mechanism: from their record, Search or « Vérifier sur Peppol » (check on Peppol) queries the directory from the VAT number and stores the identifier found. See Customer record.
What Novadesko does for you
Novadesko works through the B2Brouter access point. You have no account to open anywhere else.
| Need | In Novadesko |
|---|---|
| Registration on the network | Request from Settings > Peppol, account and transport created at B2Brouter, publication in the directory. |
| Reception | Received invoices and credit notes arrive in the Peppol Inbox, Incoming tab, in real time. |
| Import | One click on Import creates the purchase, with the supplier matched by VAT number; automatic import is available. |
| Sending | Send via Peppol on a sales invoice or credit note; bulk sending and automatic sending on save. |
| Tracking | Network statuses (sent, accepted, refused, paid) and event history per document. |
| Directory | Detection of reachable customers, Peppol badge on records and in lists. |
- Two tabs separate received and sent documents.
- Your suppliers' invoices arrive here with no retyping.
- One click turns them into purchases in your accounts.
Supported documents
Novadesko issues and receives documents of the Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 family, the reference format in Belgium, compliant with the European standard EN 16931.
| Document | Direction |
|---|---|
| Invoice BIS Billing 3.0 (invoice) | Sending and reception |
| Credit Note BIS Billing 3.0 (credit note) | Sending and reception |
The exact list published for your identifier is visible in Settings > Peppol, Documents block ("Send · Invoice", "Receive · Credit note", and so on). Purchases, quotes and purchase orders do not go through Peppol from Novadesko.
The PDF shown for a received document is a reconstruction generated from the XML. It does not replace the supplier's official invoice; the supplier may attach their own PDF to the Peppol message.