Sending Electronic Documents in the Netherlands

• 01/03/2021
• 2 minutes to read

As a customer in the Netherlands, you can send electronic documents as files attached to emails. To promote the general adoption of PEPPOL, the entire central government and most of the decentral government in the Netherlands strongly advise to use the PEPPOL eDelivery Network. Document Output supports the PEPPOL BIS 3 format, which is the latest standard.

Due to additional regulation by the Netherlands PEPPOL Authority, Continia Document Output doesn't connect you directly to the PEPPOL eDelivery Network. In order to connect to the PEPPOL eDelivery Network, you must be assisted by a third-party integration provider. In the future, Continia plans to connect Dutch customers directly to the PEPPOL eDelivery Network.

Even though you're not connected directly, you can still send electronic documents as email attachments.

You can also export and send electronic documents to customers in other countries. Most widespread formats are supported, but not all. For a list of supported formats, see Supported Formats.

Participant ID Netherlands

The following table lists the Participant IDs you can use if you want to participate in the Peppol network. It uniquely identifies the organization within the Peppol infrastructure and is used for routing electronic documents and messages.