No office visit and no complicated paperwork needed. It takes 3 steps:
You need a valid company or tax identifier.
You can use the Peppos application. It is designed to help you activate Peppol ID within minutes and handle the technical setup for you.
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Your Access Point publishes your record in SML/SMP so others can send to you.
Peppol ID is not a random sequence of numbers. It has a clear structure understood by systems worldwide. It consists of two parts:
Registry code (4 digits before the colon): This international code (ICD - International Code Designator) defines which identification system is used for the company.
Colon (:) It acts as the mandatory separator between both parts.
Unique company number (after the colon): The identifier of the entity in the given registry. In this case, a specific eight-digit company number.
| Country | Identifier type | Registry code | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic | VAT ID | 9929 | Used for Czech VAT entities |
| Slovak Republic | Tax ID | 0245 | Used for Slovak non-VAT entities |
| Slovak Republic | VAT ID | 9950 | Used for Slovak VAT entities |
| International | GLN | 0088 | Global Location Number (GS1 standard) |
Think of Peppol ID as an IBAN for your documents. Just as bank payments require an account number (IBAN), delivering a digital invoice directly to accounting requires Peppol ID. It is your unique digital label in a global business directory.
People are often worried that their Peppol ID could be misused, stolen, or that someone could register an identity on behalf of their company without authorization. But this concern comes from a false assumption that joining Peppol is as anonymous and easy as creating an email account. In reality, Peppol was designed from the start as a highly secure ecosystem where verified identity is a core pillar of trust. Registration is not open to just anyone, but a strictly controlled process in which each entity must prove legal existence through a certified Access Point provider. This provider is directly responsible, under law and network rules, for ensuring that a specific identifier (for example a company number) truly belongs to a real person or company. The process includes statutory checks, business register verification, and technologies such as electronic signature or bank identity, which prevent impersonation.
The registration process for your Peppol ID is not an administrative formality that can be done with a single click. It is a robust and comprehensive procedure where proving your identity is essential and unavoidable. Since Peppol carries sensitive commercial and tax documents, the network requires complete certainty about sender and receiver identity. That is why strict verification is performed using modern and highly secure methods when your digital address is created.
One of the strongest and most important features of Peppol is its closed nature, acting as a digital barrier that allows entry only to entities whose identity has passed strict verification and has been confirmed by a certified authority. In practice, this means there is no room in Peppol for anonymous actors, fake email identities, or questionable intermediaries trying to misuse your company name or supplier identity. The entire system is built to eliminate uncertainty, making it one of the safest available ways to exchange business documents, where every received invoice is a guaranteed, authentic, legally clean document.
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