How to send Factur-X (hybrid PDF) over Peppol with phase4? (SBDH BinaryContent/TICC, correct DocType/Process IDs, sample usage)

[tamndse62381]

Hi Philip/phase4 team 👋

Goal
I need to send a Factur-X invoice (PDF/A-3 with embedded CII XML) over the Peppol network using phase4 (C2 → C3). We already send UBL BIS Billing 3.0 successfully; now we must support Factur-X for France.

What I’ve read / understood so far

Peppol SBDH v2.0.1 allows non-XML payloads via the BinaryContent wrapper in the ticc/envelope/1.0 namespace (i.e., “TICC wrapper”), with the binary payload base64-encoded inside the SBD.

The Peppol Document Type Code List includes “France Factur-X” with DocType ID:
urn:peppol:doctype:pdf+xml##urn:cen.eu:en16931:2017#conformant#urn:peppol:france:billing:Factur-X:1.0::D22B
and Process IDs cenbii-procid-ubl::urn:peppol:france:billing:regulated / …:non-regulated.

Helger’s public tools/news indicate ongoing support for ZUGFeRD/Factur-X rule sets and show the Factur-X DocType in participant listings, so it seems supported in the ecosystem.

Questions

• SBDH header fields for Factur-X

For DocumentIdentification in SBDH, which exact values should we use for:

1. Standard (e.g., urn:peppol:doctype:pdf+xml?),
2. Type (e.g., Factur-X or factur-x),
3. TypeVersion (e.g., 1.0, 0, or D22B)?

I’ve seen an example detecting incoming Factur-X using Standard="urn:peppol:doctype:pdf+xml", Type="factur-x", TypeVersion="0". Is that still the recommended triplet for sending, or should it align more closely with the current DocType ID entry? (Happy to adjust to whatever phase4 expects.)

• BinaryContent details

When wrapping the PDF, should BinaryContent@mimeType be application/pdf (raw Factur-X PDF bytes), or should we package ASiC-E and use application/vnd.etsi.asic-e+zip? The SBDH doc shows the ASiC-E example, but I want to confirm the correct mimeType for Factur-X in practice.

• DocType & Process IDs (SMP lookup)

For France, is the correct combination to use exactly the “France Factur-X” DocType ID (above) + Process ID …:regulated or …:non-regulated depending on the receiver? Any caveats for cross-border scenarios when the receiver is outside France?

• phase4 client usage

Is there a first-class helper to send a BinaryContent-wrapped SBD directly (e.g., via PeppolUserMessageBuilder), or should we build the SBDH XML (with BinaryContent) ourselves (via peppol-sbdh) and pass it as the single AS4 payload? Pointers to a current sample would be great.

Really appreciate your time.

[phax]

Hi @tamndse62381 - very good questions. I had a Webinar on exactly that topic, and you get the recording and the slides from https://shop.peppolhub.com/ - this should help to answer your questions :)