Connect to the Peppol Network with a Certified Global Provider
Simplify B2G and B2B communications through a single, secure connection to the Peppol network. EDICOM ensures seamless interoperability, compliance, and automation for your e-Invoicing processes worldwide.
Connect to the Peppol Network with a Certified Global Provider
What is Peppol and Why It Matters for Your Business
Simplifying Global Trade Through Interoperability
Peppol (Pan-European Public Procurement Online) is an international network that enables secure and standardized electronic document exchange. Through a certified Peppol Access Point, organizations can send and receive e-invoices, purchase orders, dispatch advices, and other structured documents using unified formats (Peppol BIS).
Initially developed by the European Commission, Peppol now connects businesses and governments across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East, supporting the global transition toward digital trade and tax compliance.
While e-Invoicing remains its most widespread application, Peppol also supports a wide range of transactional data, including purchase orders, credit notes, catalogues, and dispatch advice, enabling the digitalization of entire procure-to-pay (P2P) business processes.
Peppol UBL and PINT standards
Peppol UBL (Universal Business Language) refers to the specific XML document specifications, tailored for use within the Peppol network and based on Peppol BIS (Business Interoperability Specifications).
Peppol International Invoice (PINT) is a streamlined, global Peppol invoice model designed to simplify cross-border invoicing and reduce localization chaos. It's based on Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 and aligns with UBL 2.1. Countries can still add local extensions, but PINT ensures a common denominator.
Peppol 4-corner and 5-corner models
The 4-corner model is the foundational architecture of the Peppol network, used to exchange electronic documents between businesses and government entities. It allows interoperability between different systems without requiring direct integrations between sender and receiver.
The 5-corner model builds on the 4-corner model by introducing a centralized platform, often implemented as a government or country-specific Peppol Authority node or intermediary. This model is emerging in countries where local compliance rules or tax authorities require additional control, validation, or visibility over transactions.
What is a Peppol Access Point?
A Peppol Access Point (AP) is an approved and certified service provider that connects organizations to the Peppol network, enabling the secure and standardized exchange of electronic business documents such as e-invoices, purchase orders, and credit notes. Rather than sending documents directly between trading partners, companies connect to the network through their respective Access Points, which handle routing, validation, and delivery based on established Peppol specifications.
As a certified Peppol Access Point, EDICOM provides companies with a fully managed, scalable infrastructure to send and receive documents through Peppol seamlessly. The platform automates validation, delivery tracking, and archiving processes, helping organizations maintain continuous e-invoicing compliance while reducing manual intervention and integration costs.
End-to-end automation: From document generation to transmission and archiving.
Global interoperability: A single connection for all your trading partners and public entities.
Security and compliance: Continuous certification by OpenPeppol and adherence to AS4 protocols.
Expert support: A multilingual team specialized in electronic invoicing regulations worldwide.
How Does EDICOM's Peppol Access Point Work?
Your Trusted Partner for Secure, Compliant Connectivity
Our platform integrates all necessary components to connect, validate, and archive electronic transactions under a single solution.
Built on Our Own Infrastructure
We don’t rely on third parties. Our entire platform is developed and maintained in-house, ensuring maximum performance, scalability, and real-time adaptability to regulatory changes across any market.
Enterprise-Grade Security
EDICOM protects your data with ISO27001-certified information security management. We’re also ISAE 3402-audited and recognized as an eIDAS-qualified trust service provider, giving you full peace of mind when handling sensitive transactional data.
Full Automation with Your ERP
Seamlessly integrate Peppol e-Invoicing into your ERP or management system. Our solution automates the sending, receiving, and validation of all Peppol documents, no manual work, no errors, just smooth digital operations.
Always Compliant, Everywhere
Our platform is designed to meet the evolving technical and legal requirements of Peppol e-Invoicing and e-procurement across the EU and beyond. Whether it's BIS Billing 3.0, PINT, or country-specific rules, we’ve got it covered.
One Platform, Global Reach
EDICOM lets you manage all your Peppol communications from a single centralized platform. A company in Italy, for instance, can participate in public tenders in Spain, France, or anywhere in the Peppol network without changing systems or workflows.
Always Up-to-Date
Regulations change and we’re ready. EDICOM constantly updates its solution to align with new technical specs, legal mandates, and Peppol standards, so you're always compliant without lifting a finger.
Rely on EDICOM’s expertise and knowledge for your global EDI and e-Invoicing projects
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How does the Peppol Network work?
The Peppol network operates as a standardized digital framework designed to simplify public procurement and electronic document exchange between companies, regardless of their location or the ERP or management systems they use.
At its core, Peppol defines a common set of technical specifications that allow different systems to communicate using shared standards, ensuring full interoperability across borders and sectors. The main message format adopted by the network is Peppol -UBL (Universal Business Language), based on the XML taxonomy, which enables consistent structuring of business documents such as invoices, orders, dispatch advice, and credit notes.
The Peppol infrastructure is built upon three essential components that together form its technical backbone:
AP - Peppol Access Point
Every participant, whether a buyer, supplier, or public entity, transmits and receives documents through its Access Point, which ensures secure, compliant, and traceable data exchange. Businesses only need to connect once to their Access Point to exchange documents with any other participant in the PEPPOL ecosystem, without custom integrations or bilateral connections.
SMP - Service Metadata Publisher
The Service Metadata Publisher (SMP) acts as a directory of participants in the Peppol network. It stores and publishes information about each organization, including which document types and processes they can handle, and through which Access Point they are connected.
SML - Service Metadata Locator
The Service Metadata Locator (SML) functions as a central registry that indexes all SMPs registered in the network. It tells the sending Access Point where to find the SMP that contains the metadata for a particular participant. Essentially, the SML enables dynamic discovery of recipients across the entire global Peppol infrastructure.
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